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| the broad, flat ocean bottom |
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| the point ar which the continental shelf, which surrounds each continent, begins to angle sharply downward |
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| the lower portion of the continental slope, extending to the ocean floor |
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| the sloping shelf of land, consisting of the edges of the continents under the ocean |
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| the steep clifflike drop from the continental edge to the ocean floor |
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| a chain of mountains under the ocean |
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| an underwater mountain that formed from a vocano |
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| a current of water carrying large amounts of sediment |
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| The _________ can extend hundreds of miles out into the ocean. |
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| Beyond the _________ the ocean increases rapidly in depth. |
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| The _________ connects the continental shelf with the ocean bottom. |
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| The _________ usually starts angling down to the ocean floor about a mile beneath the ocean. |
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| The _________ covers nearly half of the Earth's surface. |
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| _________ of seamounts rise from the floor of the pacific. |
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| What is a flat topped seamount called? |
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| Turbidity currents may cause ________ to build up in some places. |
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| Where did the Conshelf II house five researchers for 30 days? |
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| on the floor of the Red Sea |
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| What is echolocation and what does it do? |
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| It is a porpoise's sonar and it enables the animal to locate and track food. |
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| What happens when organisms in the ocean die? |
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| Their remains settle to the bottom and become part of the organic sediments. |
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| great rivers of water moving through the ocean |
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| the tide occuring at the first and third quarters of the moon, when the difference in level between high and low tide is smallest |
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| a division of geologic time that is a subdivision of an era. The interval of time between two successive wave crests. |
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| a tide occuring at or just after the new moon and full moon; usually the highest tide of the month. |
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| the tendency of a body or fluid moving across Earth's surface to have a curving motion due to Earth's rotation. |
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| The daily rise and fall of the surface of the ocean or other large body of water, caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun. |
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| a prevaling wind that blows from east to west on either side of the equator |
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| the rising of deep water to the surface that occurs when winds move surface water |
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| the distance between the crests of two successive wave |
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| the up-and-down movement of the surface of water, caused by the wind |
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| a prevailing wind that blows from west to east |
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| the total amount of dissolved salts in ocean water |
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| organisms, generally microscopic in size, that float or drift in the ocean |
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| any of the tiny animal like organisms that live near the surface of the ocean |
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| the process by which green plants and other producers use light energy to make food |
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| all the free-swimming animals that live in the ocean including such animals as fish, octopus, and whales |
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| all the plants and animals that live on the ocean bottom, including oysters, crabs, and coral |
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| Water covers _________ of Earth's surface. |
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| ________ is a mixture of the compound water (H2O) and several salts. |
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| The most common salt in ocean water consists of two elements, _______ and _________. |
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| Sodium and Chlorine are combined as ___________, which is used as table salt. |
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| Because the ocean is so huge, its overall _______ changes very slowly. |
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| Ocean water is a "soup" of living organisms, such as ______, ________, and _________. |
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| ________ freezes at a lower temperature the fresh water. |
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| Ocean water also includes some harmful substances put there by __________. |
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