oceanography terms
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| Oceans cover about _____ of the Earth's surface. | show 🗑
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| The oceans contain _____ of the Earth's water supply. | show 🗑
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| The oceans __________ Earth's temperature by absorbing incoming solar radiation | show 🗑
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| ____ are smaller branches of the ocean. | show 🗑
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| As water flows through rivers, it picks up small amounts of _____ _____ from the rocks and soil that flows into the oceans. | show 🗑
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| When ocean water _______ it leaves behind the salt. | show 🗑
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| show | sodium and chlorine
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| Water is made of these two elements. | show 🗑
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| show | oceanography
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| show | guyots
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| land from the continent's edge to ocean floor is | show 🗑
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| narrow, very deep valleys in the ocean | show 🗑
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| flat, nearly level areas in the ocean | show 🗑
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| show | rifts
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| show | shoreline
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| show | ridges
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| The above water portions of underwater mountains are | show 🗑
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| show | evaporation, condensation, precipitation
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| show | salinity
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| show | evaporation and rain
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| refers to the amount of matter in a given volume of a substance | show 🗑
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| show | salt water
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| show | crest
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| The bottom of a wave is the | show 🗑
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| A measure from crest to crest or trough to trough is | show 🗑
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| A measure from the trough to the crest, straight up is the | show 🗑
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| show | whitecap waves
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| This is air bubbles separated by a film of liquid | show 🗑
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| ____ of all volcanic activity on Earth occurs in the ocean | show 🗑
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| show | energy
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| What causes waves? | show 🗑
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| Does water travel with the wave? | show 🗑
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| show | How hard and how long the wind blows
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| Which tide is the highest? Spring or Neap | show 🗑
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| These tides happen when the sun and moon form a right angle with the Earth. | show 🗑
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| show | SCUBA
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| Divers keep their bodies warm by wearing | show 🗑
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| The ______ helps keep a scuba diver from rising to the surface. | show 🗑
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| show | phytoplankton
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| Microscopic animals that eat phytoplankton | show 🗑
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| show | Pacific
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