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flat seafloor area from 4000 m to 6000 m below the ocean surface, formed by the deposition of sediments
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abyssal
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marine plants and animals that live on or in the ocean floor
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benthos
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food making process using sulfur or nitrogen compunds, rather that light energy rom the Sun, that is used by bacteria living near hydrothesmal vents
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chemosynthesis
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gradually sloping end of a continent that extends beneath the ocean
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continental shelf
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ocean basin feature that dips steeply down the continental shelf
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continental slope
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introduction of wastes to an enviorment such as sewage and chemicals that can damage organisms
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pollution
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rigid wave resistant ocean margin habitat built by corals from skeletal material and calcium
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reef
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long narow steep- sided depression in the seafloor formed where one crystal plate sinks beneath another
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trench
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area where a river meets ocean
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estuary
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area where new ocean floor is formed when lava erupts through cracks in the Earth
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mid ocean ridge
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marine organisms that actively swim in the ocean
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nekton
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food maing process using light energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide, and water
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photosynthesis
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marine organisms that drift in ocean currents
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plankton
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