Apologia Marine Biology Chap 1

Front 1

Continental Crust (1)

Back 1

The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20 to 50 km thick (3)

Front 2

Continental Rise (1)

Back 2

The gently sloping area at the base of the continental slope (9)

Front 3

Continental Shelf (1)

Back 3

The gently sloping, shallow section of the edge of a continent, extending from the shore to the point where slope gets steeper (8)

Front 4

Continental slope (1)

Back 4

Steeper section of a continental edge, extending seaward from the continental shelf (9)

Front 5

Coriolis effect (1)

Back 5

Way in which the rotation of the earth bends the paths of winds and resulting in currents (22)

Front 6

Gyres (1)

Back 6

Large, mostly circular systems of surface currents driven by winds (23)

Front 7

Mid-ocean ridge (1)

Back 7

Continuous chain of underwater voclanic mountains encompassing the earth. (5)

Front 8

Neap tide (1)

Back 8

Time of smallest tidal range due to moon and sun being located at right angles to each other (during quarter moons) (27)

Front 9

Oceanic crust (1)

Back 9

Portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains basalt, is relatively desnwe, and is about 5 km thick (3)

Front 10

Plate tectonics (1)

Back 10

Process involving the movement of large plates on the earth's mantle (4)

Front 11

Salinity (1)

Back 11

Total amount of saslt dissolved in a solvent (15)

Front 12

Seafloor spreading (1)

Back 12

Process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges (6)

Front 13

Specific heat (1)

Back 13

Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by 1.00*C (12)

Front 14

Subduction (1)

Back 14

Downward movement of one platei nto the earth's mantle when two plates collide (7)