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Oceans and Seas

This informative site from The Museum of Science in Boston offers a variety of topics, including wind, waves, currents, ocean floor, and a great deal of other information.

This site from the Office of Naval Research offers some a variety of useful information.

Underwater Features

This visual dictionary entry shows many of the terms associated with ocean floor features.

Currents

  1. Here’s a diagram of ocean currents. You need to know the names, the direction of flow, and the temperature (warm vs. cold).

  2. NOAA has an excellent video explaining ocean currents.

  3. Gulf Stream explanation here.


Land Features

  1. Plate Tectonics

  2. Volcanoes

  3. Earthquakes (and here for animations)

  4. Faults

  5. Ring of Fire