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oceanography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the Chesapeake bay | an estuary where fresh and salt water mixes |
| what are harmful effects of over-fishing | numbers of important food species |
| what is continental shift | the relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope |
| what is continental slope | the steeply sloping area that is between the continental shelf and the rise |
| what are seafloor features caused by | by plate tectonics |
| what is abyssal plain | the relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge |
| what are seamounts? | underwater volcanoes |
| what is the single largest reservoir on the earth | the ocean |
| where do most waves generate from | the wind |
| what are tides | the periodic rise and fall of the water level caused by the moon and sun |