Ocean Vocabulary

1. 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.
3. The universal solvent.
4. A vertical movement of deep water up to the surface.
5. The liquid in which a substance is dissolved when a solution is formed.
9. Catching fish at a faster rate than they can reproduce.
11. Tiny animals that are a category for other drifting species. These organisms float in the water.
12. Pollution that enters water from a known source.
13. The narrow margin between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark where sea and land meet.
14. 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.
16. system A small sewage system used by a home or a business.
18. A system used to locate objects and measure distances with underwater sound waves.
19. An increase in nutrients at a lake or pond and causes increased growth of algae and other plants.
21. Where water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
23. Large communities of kelp.

2. The amount of the solute that will dissolve in a given amount of solvent.
3. The top level that is saturated (completely filled with water) underground.
6. The first 200 meters of ocean, including the seashore.
7. Pollution with a source that is hard to find or scattered.
8. Where water flows to the surface because the surface dips below the water table.
10. The lowest part of the ocean.
15. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
16. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
17. Microscopic organisms that float in the water and photosynthesize. These organisms are an important source of oxygen.
20. The unwanted marine creatures caught during commercial fishing with the intention of catching a different species.
22. The substance that is being dissolved when a solution if formed.