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13 Cards in this Set
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The weight of water pressing on an object.
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water pressure
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Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
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scuba
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Precipitation resulting from pollution condensing into clouds and falling to the Earth.
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acid rain
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The place where a freshwater river empties into an ocean.
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estuary
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Saltiness of the ocean.
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Salinity
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An underwater vehicle.
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submersible
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Waste products that damage an ecosystem.
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pollution
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The repeated rise and fall in the level of the ocean.
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tide
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An up-and down movement of surface water.
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wave
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A wall-like structure made of rocks that sticks out into the ocean.
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jetty
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A luxury liner that hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean in 1912.
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Titanic
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The area where the ocean and land meet and interact.
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shore
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A pool of sea water found along a rocky shoreline.
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tide pool
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