Ocean Chapter 8

Front 1

Gulf stream

Back 1

warm current by North America,
a warm ocian current flowing from the Gulf Of Mexico

Front 2

Humboldt current

Back 2

Cold current by South America, a cold ocian current flowing from the South Pole.

Front 3

continental shelf

Back 3

along the edge of the continents, it is primarily made of mud and sand deposited by rivers as they empty into the ocean.Most marine life can be found there.

Front 4

continental slope

Back 4

lies between the continental schelf and ocean floor. There is not plant life but there are fish and marine animals

Front 5

gills

Back 5

the structure in a fish that removes dissolved oxygen from the water. what fish use to breath

Front 6

trenches

Back 6

the deepest part of the ocean (at the base of the continental slope)

Front 7

Mariana Trench

Back 7

The deepest known area in the sea

Front 8

ocean floor

Back 8

the bottom of the ocean, has wide plains, great basins and long mountain ranges, underwater volcanos

Front 9

oceanic ridges

Back 9

An underwater mountain range, groups of mountains

Front 10

seamounts

Back 10

an isolated underwater mountain

Front 11

plankton

Back 11

tiny plants and animals that float in the upper regions of the ocean

Front 12

current

Back 12

A flowing stream within the ocean. (that helps to moderate the earth's climate)

Front 13

oceanographers

Back 13

the scientific study of the ocean