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| atlantic, pacific, indian, arctic |
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| what percent of the earth is the ocean |
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| oceans largest to smallest |
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| PAIAR pacific atlantic indian arctic |
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| rain land salt ocean evaporate just water moves over land again then rains salt ocean evaporates |
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| where is the saltiest water |
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| what causes ocean currents |
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| energy from the sun and gravity from the earth |
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| the 3 ingredients of sand |
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| four oceans and their deepest points |
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pacific-36200 ft. mariana trench
atlantic-28374 ft. puerto rico trench
indian-25344 ft. java trench
arctic-17881 ft. eurasian basin |
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| gentle sloping areas ends at continental slope |
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| leads down to the deepest parts of the ocean |
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| depths of the ocean floor |
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| flat surface of the abyss |
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| a seamount that extends above the oceans surface |
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| underwater valley V shaped narrow and deep |
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| made by different densitys of water or the different density in water makes them |
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| a unit of length equal to six feet |
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| measuring the depth of an area of water |
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| one of the strongest currents known runs along the east coast of the usa |
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| water currents make huge loops |
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| most abundant plants in ocean |
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| live on the bottom of ocean |
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| the production of light by living organisms |
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