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When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean __________ is left behind.
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salt
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Underwater volcanoes or mountains are called
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seamount
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The flat, deep ocean floor is called the
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abyssal plain
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When you are swimming and jumping in the waves at the beach, you are standing on the
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cont shelf
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Organisms that live in the deep ocean where no light is found get energy from
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chemical reactions
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Waves in the ocean are caused by the
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wind
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If all the water in the ocean is removed, the land below would look _______ to the land on the continents.
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similar
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As water flows along the continental shelf and continental slope, it picks up sediment that are deposited at the bottom to form the
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cont rise
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The part of the ocean that connects the continental shelf and the ocean floor is the
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cont slope
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The main difference between ocean water and lake water is that ocean water contains
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salt
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As a submersible descends (goes down) in the ocean sunlight
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decrease
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As a submersible descends (goes down) in the ocean temperature
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decrease
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As a submersible descends (goes down) in the ocean water pressure
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increase
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The warm water _________ in the Atlantic Ocean is the Gulf Stream.
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current
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The amount of salt in the water is _________.
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salinity
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The deepest part of the ocean is a
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trench
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Phytoplankton produce most of the Earth's
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oxygen
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High and low tides on the coast are caused mostly gravity from the ________.
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moon
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Ocean water is ______ water
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salt
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Humans impact the ________ through their everyday activities.
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ocean
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