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22 Cards in this Set
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Sonar
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A divice that determines the distance of an object that is underwater by recording echoes of sound waves
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Food web
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The feeding relationship in a habitat
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Abyssal plain
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A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor and is made up by remains of dead animals
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Aquaculture
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The farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms
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Atoll
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A ring- shaped coral reef that surronds a shallow lagoon
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Benthos
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organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean floor that can move to point a to point b but can not swim in the open ocean
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Bioluminescence
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The production of light by living things
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Continental shelf
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A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent
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Continental slope
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A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
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Coral reef
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A structure of calcite skeletons that build up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water
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estuary
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A coastal inlet or bay where fresh water from rivers mixes in with salty ocean water
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hydrothermal vent
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A area where ocean water sinks through cracks and is reheated by underlying magma, and rises up through cracks
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nekton
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Free swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
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nodule
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A lump on the ocean floor that forms when metals such as manganese builds up around pieces of shell
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Oceanographer
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A scientist who studies Earth's oceans
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Open ocean zone
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The deepest darkest area of the ocean beyond the continental shelf
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Plankton
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Tiny algae that and animals that float in the water and are carried by waves and currents
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Salinity
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The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample
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Submersible
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A underwater vehicle that is built with strong materials to resist pressure
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Trench
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A deep, steep sided canyon in the ocean floor
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upwelling
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The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean that is caused by wind
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Kelp forest
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Are found in cold neritic waters and they float standing straight because of air bladders
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