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| bodies of salt water surrounding great land masses that cover about seventy-one percent of the surface of Earth |
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| the border of the continent that is below the water and slopes gradually away from the shore |
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| the steep slope down to the ocean floor |
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| the transition area where the continent ends and the ocean floor begins |
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| the true ocean floor; flat smooth surface made of sediment from runoff of the continents and the surface of the water |
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| deep cuts in the ocean floor |
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| anything that has mass and takes up space |
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| the smallest piece of a pure substance with the same properties as the larger pieces of that pure substance |
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| a substance made of atoms of all the same type |
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| a substance made of more than one type of atom |
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| two or more atoms combined together |
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| a combination of two or more compounds or element s without a chemical reaction |
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| a mixture where the particles of two or more pure substances are mixed evenly |
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| the amount of mass in a given unit of volume |
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| the measure of the amount of dissolved salts in ocean water |
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| horizontal currents caused by winds |
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| a surface current in the Atlantic Ocean |
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| continuous movement of ocean water in a specific direction; caused by wind, temperature, and salinity |
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| up and down motions in ocean water caused by wind |
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| bulging of Earths ocean waters due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun |
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| the zone with the most sunlight and warmth; the zone on top |
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| the zone with very little sunlight and has moderate temperatures; little life exists in this zone |
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| the zone with no sunlight, high pressure, and is very cold; very little life exists in this zone |
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| a natural system in which living and nonliving things interact |
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| organisms that are incapable of swimming against the movements of the water |
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| one-celled plant-like organisms that are the base of the oceans energy pyramid and food web |
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| organisms that are strong swimmers and are capable of movement at will |
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| organisms that dwell on the sea floor |
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