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Contintal shelf
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A gently sloping ,shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
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Continental slope
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A steep incline leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
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Seamount
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A mountain on the ocean floor that is completely underwater
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abyssal plain
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A smooth, nearly falat region of the deep ocean floor
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midocean ridge
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TH econtinuous mountain range on the ocean floor that winds aaround earth
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trench
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A deep canyon
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magma
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Hot liquuid substanve that makes up part of earths mantel
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plates
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major pieces that make up earths layer
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sea floor spreading
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THe process whivh new material is added to the ocean floor
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Sonar
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A system that uses sound waves to calculate the distance to an object
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