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| the broad, flat ocean bottom |
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| the point ar which the continental shelf, which surrounds each continent, begins to angle sharply downward |
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| the lower portion of the continental slope, extending to the ocean floor |
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| the sloping shelf of land, consisting of the edges of the continents under the ocean |
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| the steep clifflike drop from the continental edge to the ocean floor |
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| a chain of mountains under the ocean |
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| an underwater mountain that formed from a vocano |
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| a current of water carrying large amounts of sediment |
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| The _________ can extend hundreds of miles out into the ocean. |
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| Beyond the _________ the ocean increases rapidly in depth. |
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| The _________ connects the continental shelf with the ocean bottom. |
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| The _________ usually starts angling down to the ocean floor about a mile beneath the ocean. |
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| The _________ covers nearly half of the Earth's surface. |
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| _________ of seamounts rise from the floor of the pacific. |
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| What is a flat topped seamount called? |
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| Turbidity currents may cause ________ to build up in some places. |
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| Where did the Conshelf II house five researchers for 30 days? |
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| on the floor of the Red Sea |
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| What is echolocation and what does it do? |
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| It is a porpoise's sonar and it enables the animal to locate and track food. |
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| What happens when organisms in the ocean die? |
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| Their remains settle to the bottom and become part of the organic sediments. |
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