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| deep, wide depressions in Earth's surface that contain the oceans |
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| the part of continents that lies under the ocean and includes the continental shelf, slope, and rise |
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| the movements of Earth's tectonic plates as they float over Earth's molten layers |
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| a long underwater chain of mountains rising in the middle of the ocean, created by magma forcing apart two plates |
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| a long V-shaped groove created in the ocean floor when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate |
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| the wide, flat part of the ocean lying between the continental margins and mid-ocean ridges |
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| an inactive, underwater volcano that formed near a mid-ocean ridge and has now shifted away |
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| the shallowest part of a continental margin that extends into the ocean from the shore |
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| a area that drops off rapidly to the ocean basin from the edge of the continental shelf |
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| a fast, underwater landslide caused by a build-up of sediment on the continental slope |
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| an area at the foot of the continental slope, created from the accumulation of sediments deposited by turbidity currents |
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| a deep gully carved into a continental shelf and slope by turbidity currents |
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| a large amount of ocean water that moves in a particular direction |
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| microscopic plants and animals that are an essential food source for all other organisms in the ocean |
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| one of the forces that cause ocean surface currents to move |
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| an alteration of direction in the paths of windsd/currents by Earth's rotation-in the northern hemisphere, winds and currents are deflected clockwise, in the southern hemisphere, they are deflected counter-clockwise |
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| the cold middle layer of ocean water, between the warmer surface layer and the coldest deep-water layer |
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| the movement of a mass of cold, dense ocean water as it sinks under warmer surface water |
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| A current of cold, dense water flowing upward from the ocean floor |
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| large, rolling ocean waves |
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| a great ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake |
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| a section of coastline that extends out to the ocean |
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| an indented area of coastline where the ocean reaches into the land |
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| the daily cycle of the rise and fall of ocean water |
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| a measure of how long it takes for a material to heat up or cool down |
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| the condition of the atmosphere at a given time |
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| the weather characteristics for a specific region averaged over a long time period |
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| the process of heat transfer through the flow of a heated substance such as air or water |
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| a warm current that develops each year off the coast of Ecuador/Peru, producing unusual weather in many parts of the world |
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| colder-than-normal water coming to the surface off the coast of South America due to upwelling; produces wetter-than-normal weather |
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