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Mr. Olson 6th Grade Chap 2 E
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What tiny submarine sent back pictures from inside the Titanic? | Jason Jr. |
| What kind of currents cause sediments to build up more in some places than in others? | turbidity currents |
| Free standing mountains on the ocean floors are called what? | seamounts |
| The vast ocean bottom is called the what? | abyssal plain |
| What materials that formed mostly from shells cover about half the ocean floor? | organic ooze |
| What British warship set of in 1872 to make the first direct observation of what was under the ocean's water? | HMS Challenger |
| What part of the ocean floor is the point at which the shelf surronding the continent begins to angle sharply down? | continental edge |
| What is the longes mountain range in the world? | mid ocean ridge |
| Which part of the ocean floor stretches to the deepest part of the ocean? | continental rise |
| What is a self-propelled underwater craft called? | submersible |
| Which part of the ocean floor extends in a gentle downward slope from the edge of the continent into the ocean? | continental shelf |
| What uses high pitched sound pulses to map the ocean floor? | sonar |
| Which part of the ocean floor is a clifflike drop? | continental slope |
| What is sonar? | sound waves |
| Who wrote the book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? | Jules Verne |
| Millions of _____________ nodules litter the ocean floor. | maganese |
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