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Science Unit C Ch 3
Vocabulary Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| estuary | A place where a freshwater environment and a saltwater environment meet. |
| continental shelf | The gently sloping part of a continent that is under water and rings each continent. |
| continental slope | The edge of a continent that drops steeply down to the deep-ocean floor. |
| abyssal plain | The vast floor of the deep oceans. |
| mid-ocean ridge | The place where plates of the Earth's crust along the ocean floor are being split apart and molten rock pushes up to form new ocean floor and a mountain range. |
| trench | A place where two plates of the Earth's crust hit each other, forming a deep part of the ocean. |
| seamount | A steep-sided volcanic mountain under the ocean. |
| atoll | A ring of islands around a shallow central lagoon. |
| intertidal zone | The area between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark. |
| coral reef | A structure built by living creatures. |
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