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$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Exploration Seafloor Features 2 Seafloor Features 1 Zones / Sediments General 1General 2
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na
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What orbits the Earth and takes measurements of the ocean from space?
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satellites
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This device is used on the bottom of ships to map seafloor features using sound echoes.
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sonar
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This was the name of the first ocean exploration vessel.
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Challenger
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The name of the first satellite designated to study the oceans.
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SeaSat A
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na
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Several sea floor features that are technically part of the continents are collectively called these.
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Continental margins
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The shallowest part of the ocean.
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Continental shelf
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Underwater volcanoes.
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Seamounts
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Very deep and flat parts of the ocean.
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Abyssal plains
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na
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Underwater mountain chains that extend down the middle of some of the oceans.
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Mid-ocean ridges
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Steep drop off from the continental shelf to the sea floor.
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Continental slope
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Ocean basins make up what % of the Earth’s surface?
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60%
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Flat topped seamounts.
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guyots
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na
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Most ocean sediments come from here.
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continents
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Oozes are the slow accumulation of what on the sea floor.
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shells
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What ocean zone covers the ocean basins?
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Open-ocean
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These sediments accumulate the slowest and are made up of metals.
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Manganese nodules
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na
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Self contained underwater breathing apparatus is this.
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scuba
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The deepest point in the ocean is named this.
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Marianna trench
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The deepest part of the oceans.
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trenches
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Holes on the seafloor through which magma heated water erupts.
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Hydrothermal vents
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na
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The ocean zone found between areas of high tide and low tide.
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intertidal
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The gently sloping deposits of sediment leading up to the continental slope.
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Continental rise
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The name of the vessel that first used sonar to map the sea floor.
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Meteor
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The ocean zone that extends from areas of low tide to the edge of the continental shelf.
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neritic
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Topic: Satellites
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Name one recent satellite that was used to map sea level variations and thus sea floor features.
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Topex/Poseiden Jason 1 or 2
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