Ocean Vocabulary

2. The liquid in which a substance is dissolved when a solution is formed.
4. The narrow margin between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark where sea and land meet.
5. System/ A small sewage system used by a home or a business.
6. Treatment Plant/At these locations water flows through a series of tanks, is filtered to remove dirt, and treated with chemicals for disinfection to remove harmful substances and kill organisms.
7. water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
9. Reefs/ A ridge of limestone deposits in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral. Plants start growing around the coral and sea creatures populate the area.
11. Forests/Large communities of kelp.
12. Source Pollution/Pollution with a source that is hard to find or scattered.
13. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
17. Microscopic organisms that float in the water and photosynthesize. These organisms are an important source of oxygen.
18. The substance that is being dissolved when a solution if formed.
19. Catching fish at a faster rate than they can reproduce.
20. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
21. The lowest part of the ocean.
22. Table/The top level that is saturated (completely filled with water) underground.

1. The first 200 meters of ocean, including the seashore.
3. Pollution/Pollution that enters water from a known source.
6. The universal solvent.
7. An increase in nutrients at a lake or pond and causes increased growth of algae and other plants.
8. The amount of the solute that will dissolve in a given amount of solvent.
10. Tiny animals that are a category for other drifting species. These organisms float in the water.
14. The unwanted marine creatures caught during commercial fishing with the intention of catching a different species.
15. A vertical movement of deep water up to the surface.
16. Where water flows to the surface because the surface dips below the water table.
20. A system used to locate objects and measure distances with underwater sound waves.