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lessons 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| salnity | The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample. |
| sonar | A system that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water |
| seamount | a steep sided volcanic mountain rising from the deep ocean |
| trench | a deep steep sided canyon on the ocean floor |
| continental slope | a steep incline on the ocean floor leading down to a continental shelf |
| continental shelf | a gently sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward |
| abyssal plain | a smooth nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor |
| mid-ocean ridge | an under sea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced |
| wave | the movement of energy through a body of water |
| wavelength | the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave |
| frequency | the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time |
| wave height | the distance |
| tsunami | |
| longshore drift | |
| rip currrent | |
| groin | |
| current | |
| coirolis effect | |
| climate | |
| El Nino | |
| La Nina |
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