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This Oceans and Maritime vocabulary list comes from the OCEANS themed activities. In addition to this Oceans and Maritime Definition Match with a Oceans and Maritime word list of 18 vocabulary words, myvocabulary.objectsdev.com also provides a Oceans and Maritime Fill-in-the-Blank word game, a Word Puzzle, Word Search, Crossword, Synonym and Antonym puzzle and a True or False activity.
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Word List

1) oceanographic
2) organism
3) substrate
4) hurricane
5) sediment
6) tsunami
7) biodiversity
8) continentalshelf
9) maritime
10) brackish
11) ecosystem
12) aquatic
13) intertidal
14) submerge
15) plankton
16) disphoticzone
17) bioluminescence
18) estuary

Definition List

A) Particles of dirt and rock that are carried by water, wind or ice and deposited elsewhere (noun)
B) Tiny plants and animals that live on or near the surface of the ocean (noun)
C) Any individual animal, plant, bacterium, etc. having various parts or systems that function together as a whole to maintain life and its activities (noun)
D) Having to do with the study of oceans, including their water, biology and geology (adjective)
E) On, near, or living near the sea; of or relating to sea navigation, shipping, etc. (adjective)
F) Having to do with the area of a seashore between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark (adjective)
G) A violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more MPH, often accompanied by torrential rains (noun)
H) The part of the river where fresh water mixes with the ocean's salt water (noun)
I) A set or arrangement of plants, animals and bacteria interrelated together with its physical and chemical environment (noun)
J) The middle ocean zone that receives very little sunlight and contains no plants and few animals (noun)
K) The descending area of land around the edges of each land mass (noun)
L) Having a combination of fresh and salt water (adjective)
M) The process by which living things produce light (noun)
N) Growing or living in or near water (adjective)
O) The variety of life forms on Earth or in a specific habitat or ecosystem (noun)
P) To place under or cover with water or the like; to plunge into water (verb)
Q) Any surface where an animal or plant grows or is attached (noun)
R) A huge wave caused by a great disturbance under the ocean, as a strong earthquake or violent eruption (noun)
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