General Vocab

circumnavigate - to sail around

inhabitant - one who lives in a place

canal - a man-made waterway for boats

vessel - a large sailing ship

atlas - a book of maps

atoll (pronounced long A - tall) - a coral island with a reef around a lagoon

lagoon - a shallow pond near a larger body of water

coral reef - several thousand live organisms living together under weather

enigma - a puzzle

archipielago (ar - CHi - PEE - a - la - go) - a group of islands

seamounts - mountains in the ocean

Levels of the Ocean

Sunlit Zone - top layer, some sun, plants can grow

Twilight Zone - next down, some sun, no plants

Midnight Zone - deep layer, no sun

Abyssal Zone - pitch black, bottom layer, freezing

Hadal Zone - very deepest trenches

Kinds of Boats

kayak

cruiser

amphibious

ferry

steamboat

raft

sailboat

yacht

pontoon

destroyer

ketch - 2 masted fore/aft rigged sailing vessel

sloop - single masted sailing boat

paddleboats

carrier

submarines

battleships

cruise ship

catamaran - boat with 2 hulls or floats; a light sailboat