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5th Grade Ocean Vocabulary.
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The flat, shallow part of the ocean floor near the coast is the continental ________________
a) rise
b) slope
c) shelf
d) coast
A living thing that gives off light is
a) a freak of nature
b) bioluminescent
c) salinity
d) impossible
What increases as you dive deeper into the ocean?
a) amount of living things
b) water pressure
c) light
d) water temperature
Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents
a) minnows
b) plankton
c) bacteria
d) sponges
What word describes the SALTINESS of water?
a) freshness
b) bioluminescence
c) density
d) salinity
What is the river-like movement of water in the ocean?
a) waves
b) currents
c) tides
d) tsunamis
What is the MAIN cause of ocean waves?
a) spinning of the earth
b) moon
c) wind
d) Mr. Little doing cannonballs
The regular rise and fall of ocean water caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun
a) tide
b) wave
c) current
d) estuary
A mixture of salt and fresh water
a) saltish
b) brackish
c) fresh
d) spring
The deepest part of the ocean
a) trench
b) abyssal plain
c) continental shelf
d) continental rise
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