Ocean Words
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. coral
A. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm
2. seal
B. The outermost level of the land or sea
3. walrus
C. Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus
4. surface
D. The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
5. shallow
E. Large toothless marine food fish with a long ___ upper jaw
6. deep
F. A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
7. float
G. Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having
8. rough
H. Wind moving at less than 1 knot
9. calm
I. The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
10. eel
J. Unfertilized lobster roe
11. swordfish
K. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
12. surf
L. Waves breaking on the shore
13. tuna
M. A stretch of ___ water