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19 Cards in this Set
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Salinity
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The total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water
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Sonar
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A system using transmitted and reflected underwater sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects or measure the distance to the floor of a body of water
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Seamount
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A volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't reach the surface
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Trench
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A long and deep valley on the ocean floor through which old ocean floor sinks back toward the mantle
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Continental Slope
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The steep edge of the continental shelf
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Continental Shelf
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A gently sloping and shallow area that extends outward from the edge of each continent
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Abyssal Plain
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A broad area covered with thick layers of mud and silt
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Mid Ocean Ridges
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Long chains of mountains on the ocean floors
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Wave Length
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The horizontal distance between crests
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Wave Height
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The vertical distance from the crest to the trough
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Longshore Drift
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THe movement of sand along the beach
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Rip Current
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In some places, water breaks down the sloping and begins to flow back down the sloping ocean bottom
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Intertidal Zone
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Begins at highest high tide line on land
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Neritic Zone
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Extends from the low tideline out of the edge of the continental shelf
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Open Ocean Zone
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Beyond the edge of the continental shelf lies the open ocean zone
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Plankton
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Tiny algae and animals that float in the water and are carried by waves and currents
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Nekton
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FRee swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
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Benthos
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Organisms that inhabit the ocean floor
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Food Web
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All of the feeding relationships that exist in a habitat, make up a food web
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