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Ch.11 Section 1

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sonar   a device that determines the distance of an object underwater by recording the echoes of sound waves.  
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continental shelf   a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent.  
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continental slope   a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf.  
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Abyssal Plain   a smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor  
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Mid-Ocean Ridge   an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.  
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trench   a deep,steep sided canyon in the ocean floor.  
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intertidial zone   an area that streches form the highest hide tide line out to the point on the continental shelf exposed by the biggest low tide.  
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neritic zone   the area of the ocean that extends from the lowest line out to the edge of the continental shelf.  
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Open-Ocean Zone   the deepest, darkest area of the ocean beyond the continental shelf.  
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