Oceanography Word Search
Use the clues below to find words associated with oceanography. Draw a circle around the words you find.
A device used to transmit waves to find the distance and direction of underwater objects.
The rising and falling of the ocean's surface caused by the moon's gravity.
An irregular occurring series of climatic changes, creating warmer than usual sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America.
Microscopic organisms floating in fresh and salt water.
A long, deep depression in the ocean floor.
The amount of salt or dissolved salt in a body of water.
Water or air moving in a definite direction.
A sandy landform along the shoreline of a body of water.
Unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
Massive underwater colorful ecosystem made from calcium carbonate secreted by coral and other organisms.
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