Plate Tectonics and Continental Margins

What feature forms when the bottom of the continental rise plateaus?

What is the process that creates oceanic ridges and causes the ocean basin to expand?

What is the primary characteristic of active continental margins?

What is the name of the zone of mantle that consists of semisolid rock that is very hot and deformable?

What type of coastline is formed on active margins?

What is the main factor that affects the density of ocean water?

What is the name of the largest ocean basin?

What type of volcano is formed when magma from the asthenosphere pushes up through a gap between tectonic plates?

What is the primary feature of passive continental margins?

What is the term that refers to the amount of salt dissolved in water?

What is the term for the process of one plate being pushed beneath another?

What is the term for the area where the ocean meets the land?

What is the main difference between marine water and freshwater?

What is the term for the zone of the ocean where sunlight penetrates?

Which type of plankton produces its own energy through photosynthesis?

What is the term for the ocean current that travels parallel to the shore?

What is the main cause of tsunamis?

What is the term for elevated land areas adjacent to the sea and formed due to the erosion of adjacent, softer rocks?

What is the minimum sustained wind speed required for a storm to be classified as a hurricane?

What is the term for the rapid and abnormally high rise of ocean water on a coastline due to a hurricane?

What is the term for the movement of water at different speeds over changing depths, causing the bending of waves?

What is the term for towers of rock protruding from the water and separated from the land?

What is the main difference between a shoreline and a coastline?

What is the term for the natural disaster where large bodies of water are displaced towards a coastline, gaining height and momentum as the waters become shallower?

What is the primary factor that drives the movement of sand and sediment along the beach?

What is the name of the process whereby sand and sediment are carried back to the ocean and guided along the coast?

What is the term for the area of the beach where waves crash and swash extends up the shore?

What type of tide occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth's orbit?

What is the minimum wind speed required for a storm to be classified as a hurricane?

What is the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale?

What is the main reason why the energy carried by waves is strongest on the sides and ends of shoreline protrusions?

What is the process by which sand and sediment are transported along the coast?

What is the term for the process of depositing sand and sediment in an area over a period of time?

What is the term for a narrow strip of land that projects out into a body of water?

What is the term for an elongated landform that extends from the coast into the mouth of an adjacent bay?

What is the term for the wearing away of coastal land and beaches?

What is the purpose of building a groin?

What is the term for a hard stabilization structure built offshore and parallel to the beach to protect the coast and create a calm area of water?

What is the term for a mound of sand that joins an island to the mainland?

What is the term for a sandbar that runs parallel to the coast, but remains separated by water?

What is the main characteristic of areas where continental and oceanic plates meet?

What is the function of the continental shelf in an ocean basin?

What is the primary difference between active and passive continental margins?

What is the result of tectonic activity around active continental margins?

What is the term for the process of one plate being pushed beneath another?

What is the characteristic of ocean basins that allows for the formation of diverse marine life?

What is the primary characteristic of oceanic ridges?

What is the process that creates oceanic ridges and causes the ocean basin to expand?

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates away from each other?

What is the main factor that affects the density of ocean water?

What is the process by which magma from the asthenosphere pushes up through a gap between tectonic plates?

What is the term for the continuous mountain chain located under the surface of the sea?

What is the primary factor that drives the movement of sand and sediment along the beach?

What is the term for the daily rise and fall of seawater driven by the force of gravity from mainly the moon?

What feature forms at the center of a hurricane?

What is the term for the process of moving sand and sediment parallel to the coast?

What is the term for tides that occur during new moons, resulting in above-average high tides and below-average low tides?

What is the minimum sustained wind speed required for a storm to be classified as a tropical cyclone?

What is the primary characteristic that distinguishes marine water from freshwater?

What is the term for the zone of the ocean where sunlight penetrates?

What is the name of the current that travels parallel to the shore?

What is the term for the movement of energy through water caused by the wind?

What is the term for organisms that can't move on their own and are transported by ocean currents?

What is the term for the elevated land areas adjacent to the seas and oceans?

What is the effect of the storm surge on the coastline?

What is the main difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm?

What is the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale?

What is the main cause of coastal erosion?

What is the term for the bending of waves as they travel towards the shallow waters of the shore?

What is the result of the erosion of headlands?

What is the primary reason for the strong wave energy on the sides and ends of shoreline protrusions?

What is the process by which sand and sediment are deposited in an area over a period of time?

What is formed when a spit grows and creates a sandbar that completely closes access to a bay?

What is the purpose of building a groin?

What is the term for the wearing away of coastal land and beaches?

What is a hard stabilization structure built near the beach and parallel to the shore?

What is the process by which sand and sediment are transported along the coast?

What is a mound of sand that joins an island to the mainland?

What is a narrow strip of land that projects out into a body of water?

What is a hard stabilization structure built offshore and parallel to the beach?