Oceanography Vocabulary Answers – Flashcards
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Oceanography
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The study of the marine life and the aspects of oceans.
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Physical Oceanography
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Type of Oceanography that deals with ocean movement such as waves, tides, and currents.
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Biological Oceanography
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Type of Oceanography that studies marine organisms and their habits.
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Chemical Oceanography
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Type of Oceanography that studies the composition of seawater including density and salinity.
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Marine Oceanography
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Type of Oceanography that studies air- water interactions, heat transfer, and the water cycle.
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Trawl Net
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Huge net used to collect organisms in the open ocean.
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A Gulf
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A part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land.
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Secchi Disk
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Piece of oceanographic equipment used to measure water's clarity.
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Sediment Sieve
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Piece of oceanographic equipment used to sort sediment by grain size.
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Ocean Engineering
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Type of Oceanography that deals with the planning and design of ocean structures such as ships and bridges.
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Bottom Grab Sampler
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Piece of equipment used to collect soft sediment samples from the ocean floor.
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Divergent Boundaries
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When two plates are pulled apart. Causes rift valleys and mid- ocean ridges.
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Convergent Boundaries
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When two plates are pushed toward each other. Causes mountains or subduction zones.
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Transform Boundaries
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When two plates slide sideways past each other.
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Monsoons
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Sea and land breezes over a large area that changes direction with the seasons.
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Surface Currents
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Wind Driven; top loom or less. Transport heat from the tropics or cold water from poles.
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Deep Currents
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Density Driven; result from differences in salinity and temperature. Produce little flow in deeper waters.
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Symbiosis
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Occurs when two different animal species help each other.
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Commensalism
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Relationship between two species when one benefits but the other does not, although the other is not harmed by the interaction.
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Parasitism
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A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at one expense of the other.
