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8 Cards in this Set

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Salinity
The total amount of disloved salts in a water sample
Sonar
A system that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water
Seamount
A steep-sided volcanic mountain rising from the deep ocean floor
Trench
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor
Continental Slope
A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
Continental Shelf
A gentle sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outwards from the edge of a continent
Abyssal Plain
A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge
An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced