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Ocean Guide

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  • ocean zone order
    sunlight, twilight, midnight, abyss, and trench
  • north pole region is located in what ecosystem
    artic ocean ecosystem
  • an ocean movement that is controlled by the moon
    tide
  • a term used to describe the amount of salt dissolved in water
    salinity
  • the part of the continental crust that slowly slopes out into the ocean, in the shallow part of the ocean
    continental shelf
  • what colors are animals in the deep
    red or black
  • the flat surface on the ocean floor
    abyssal plain
  • ocean floor's gradual slope between the continental slope and the abyssal plain
    continental rise
  • ocean volcano
    seamount
  • Earth is covered with what percent of ocean
    70 %
  • a steep decline out to sea, bordering the continental shelf
    continental slope
  • deep underwater valleys
    trench
  • microscopic floating organism that is a source of food for many ocean animals
    plankton
  • why is it hard to live in the deep sea
    pressure is high, cold, hard to see
  • underwater mountain ranges
    mid ocean ridge
  • an ocean movement that is caused by the wind and can influence climates around the world
    current
  • an ocean movement that is created when energy is transferred from a source such as the wind to the surface of the water
    wave
  • label the ocean floor
    picture