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18 Cards in this Set
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Salinity
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the total amount of dissolved salt in a sample of water
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Seamount
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a volcano mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't reach the surface
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Trench
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a long, deep valley on the ocean floor through which old floor sinks back towards the mantle
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Continental Slope
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The slope of the ocean floor gets steeper
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Continental Shelf
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a gently sloping 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
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The movement of energy through a body of water
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Wavelength
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The horizontal distance between crests
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Frequency
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A way waves are measured
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Wave Height
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The vertical distance from the crest
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Tsunami
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A wave that forms below the ocean surface, usually cause by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
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Longshore Drift
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The movement of sand
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Rip Current
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A rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening
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Groin
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A way to reduce beach erosion, To Build a wall of rocks o concrete
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Intertidal Zone
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Something that begins at the highest high-tide line on land
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Neritic Zone
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A low-tide zone out to the edge of the continental shelf
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Open-Ocean Zone
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Something that is beyond the edge of the continental shelf
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