Oceanography
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. seaweed
A. A land mass that is surrounded by water
2. fishing
B. A flow of electricity through a conductor
3. mermaids
C. The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh
4. plankton
D. Rolling swells on the sea
5. tsunami
E. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (plural)
6. submarine
F. The act of someone who fishes as a diversion
7. sharks
G. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
8. island
H. Half woman and half fish (plural)
9. waves
I. An unusual rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide (plural)
10. current
J. A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
11. tides
K. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
12. kelp
L. Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
13. tidal waves
M. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (plural)