Subduction zone		Continental crust consists mostly of this mineral
Tidal range		Salinity is expressed using these conductivity measurements
Sediment		Continuous submarine range of volcanic mountains that run throughout the ocean basins
Hot spot		Process by which the sea floor moves away from the mid-ocean ridges to create new sea floor
Seamounts		Oceanic crust consists mostly of this mineral
Granite		Deep-sea hot springs laden with dissolved minerals/nutrients from the earth's mantle
Crest		Deflection of large scale motions such as winds or currents
Sea-floor spreading		Difference in water level between successive high and low tides
Hydrothermal Vents		Loose material like mud and sand that settles on the ocean floor
Continental slope		Away from the wind, waves settle into these
Hydrogen bonds		Begins at shelf break and descends to deep-sea floor
Asthenosphere		Boundaries between continental crust and oceanic crust
Mid-ocean ridges		Biogenous sediment is often referred to as this because it consists of the preserved remains of dead organisms (mostly tiny ones)
Coriolis Effect		Multiple deep-sea fans that have merged together will form this
Density		Plastic layer of upper mantle
Continental margins		Uppermost part of the mantle
Practical Salinity Units		Mass per unit of volume
Lithosphere		Downward movement of a plate into the mantle
Continental shelf		Submarine volcanoes
Basalt		Volcanic island chain associated with trenches (in general, 2 words, 1 space)
Swells		Highest part of a wave
Weathering		Extension of a continent underwater, has a gentle slope, and varies in width
Microfossils		The chemical or physical breakdown of rocks
Continental rise		Attractions between liquid water molecules that affects the freezing and thawing of water
Island arc		Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun and by the rotation of the earth, moon, and sun
Pangaea		Name of the "supercontinent" originally proposed by Wegener
Tides		Area of consentrated volcanic activity