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