OCEAN topography, currents, tides, & zones

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What covers 70% of the earth's surface?

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Ocean

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Valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

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Ocean Trench

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Flat, deep, and smooth part of the ocean floor. Cold temperatures are found here.

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Abyssal Plain

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Amount of salt found in water

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Salinity

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Warm water surface current located on the coast (Gulf of Mexico)

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Gulf Stream

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Underwater Volcanoes and Mountains?

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Seamounts or Mid-Ocean Ridge

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gently sloping section of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

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Continental Shelf

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Sharp underwater hill connecting the continent to the ocean floor?

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Continental Slope

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Surface currents are caused by the surface of the Earth and by the force and direction of wind.

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True

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Most ocean waves are caused by the sun and gravity.

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False