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Continental Shelf
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| The gradually sloping end of the continent that extends under the ocean. |
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| The continental slope extends from the outer edge of the continental shelf down to the ocean floor. |
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| Located 4,000 to 6,000m below the ocean surface. The abyssal plain is the flat seafloor created from sediment deposit from land. |
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| Mid-ocean ridge is tha area in an ocean basin where new ocean floor in formed |
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Find the continental slope.
The width of a continental slope is 40km. It increases in depth by 2,000m. What is the slope of the continental slope?
**Remember**
slope=rise/run |
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| A trench is a long narrow, steep-sided depression where one crustal plate sinks beneath another. |
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| Animals that activey swim, rather than drift with the currents in the ocean, are called nekton. |
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| The process by which producers use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make food. |
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| What is passsed on at each stage in a food chain? |
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| Marine organisms that drift with the currents are called plankton. |
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| The plants and animals living on or in the seaflorr are benthos. They include;crabs, swa urchin, snails, sea star, and flounder. |
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| What part of the ocean must adapt to change quickly? |
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| Intertidal zone...aka the shore. |
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| The area where the mouth of a river opens into on ocean. There is a mixture of freshwater and salt water. |
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| A reef is a rigid, wave-resistant structure built by corals. |
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| Harmful waste products, chemicals, and other substances not native to an environment. |
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| is a substance that causes damage to organisms by interfering with life processes |
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| Bacteria from sweage that contaminate the water systems. |
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| Actively protecting and maintaining a clean environment. |
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