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oceans

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earth's main oceans   Indian, Pacific, Southern, Arctic, Atlantic  
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2 sources of water   asteroids, vapor from volcanoes  
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salinity   Measure of mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water.  
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brackish water   salt water and fresh water mixed in, usually a 1 to 17 ppt salinity  
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sea water   water from sea, salt water with a ppt of 35  
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four criteria scientists use for classifying ocean zones   amount of sunlight, salinity, density, temperature  
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surface zone   shallow water that gets the greatest amount of sunlight, most plant and sea life lives here.  
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middle zone   , only a faint blue green light reaches this zone.  
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adhesion   when 2 unlike particles are attracted to each other due to the polarity  
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cohesion   when 2 or more particles are the same substance and are attracted to each other.  
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ocean currents   a large volume of water flowing in a certan direction.  
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gyre   a circular system of currents  
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5 major gyres   south Atlantic north Atlantic South Pacific north Pacific and Indian ocean gyre.  
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continental shelf   The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water  
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continental margin   The continental margin is the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust. Together, the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise are called continental margin  
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trench   A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide  
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mid ocean ridge   A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics  
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density currents   vertical currents that move water downwards.  
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upwellings   surface water being pushed down by cooler water to bring nutrient rich water to the surface.  
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continental rise   the area where land rises to the shore  
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abyssal plains   large flat area on the ocean floor that extends across basins.  
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resources from sea floor   oil, natural gas, methane hydrates,zinc, gold maganese  
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4 criteria scientists use for classifying ocean zones   amount of sunlight, salinity, density,temperature.  
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