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Barnett - Oceanography 1

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salinity   amount of solid material (like salt) dissolved in water  
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deep ocean trench   place on the seafloor where one plate is subducting beneath another and a long narrow depression forms  
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mid-ocean ridge   a chain of underwater mountains  
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upwelling   the rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water that has been moved away; brings nutrients to the ocean surface  
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abyssal plains   deep, extremely flat features  
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density   a measure of the amount of matter in a given space  
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continental shelf   part of the ocean next to the continent that is shallow and fairly flat  
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continental slope   part of the ocean next to the continental shelf where the seafloor drops off at a steep slope  
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current   a mass of water is moved by wind or density differences to another part of the ocean  
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El Nino   periodic warming of the ocean that occurs in the central and eastern Pacific; can change the weather in many parts of the world  
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thermocline   layer of the ocean around 300 to 1000 meters deep where there is a rapid change in temperature with depth; creates a barrier for many marine life forms  
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Pacific   this is Earth's largest ocean  
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Arctic   this is the smallest, most shallow ocean  
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continental rise   Gradual incline between ocean basin and continental slope  
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