4/10 - Learn about the oceans

Today we started learning about the oceans. We are covering parts of chapters 20-22. You need to work on the vocab that I gave you for these chapters (it is due TOMORROW):

1. oceanography
2. continental margins
3. deep ocean basin
4. ocean water
5. salinity
6. thermocline
7. plankton
8. benthic environment
9. pelagic environment
10. desalinization
11. nodules
12. currents
13. surface currents
14. deep currents
15. waves
16. crest
17. trough
18. waveheight
19. wavelength
20. wave period
21. wave speed
22. wave energy
23. tides
24. neap tides
25. spring tides

Remember, vocab is due tomorrow, and there is a quiz on Thursday (there is no test on these chapters)