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14 Cards in this Set
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Wreck |
The breakage or damage of a ship at sea |
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Submerged |
Cause to be under water |
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Uneven |
Not level or smooth |
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Abyssal |
Depth of sea belt |
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Continental Shelf |
A continental shelf is the edge of a continent that lies under the ocean |
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Marine Oozes |
Oozes are basically deposits of soft mud on the ocean floor |
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Human-Induced |
Human created |
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Tectonics |
Large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust |
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Landforms |
A natural feature of the earth's surface |
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Plateaus |
An area of fairly level high ground |
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Plankton |
The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water |
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Trench |
A long, narrow deep depression in the Ocean bed |
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Ocean floor |
Land submerged below oceanic water |
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Glaciers |
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains |
