The part of the ocean floor that begins at the shoreline and gently slopes underwater., Continental Shelf, Begins at the edge of the continental shelf and plunges down to depths of over 2 miles., Continental Slope, A gently sloping area that connects the steep walls of the continental slope to the bottom of the ocean floor., Continental Rise, The flat area of the ocean floor., Abyssal Plain , The deepest part of the ocean. These are very long and narrow depressions on the seafloor., Ocean Trenches, An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics (also called a seamount.), Mid-Oceanic Ridge, Ocean waters that travel in huge circular patterns., Currents, Created by the gravitational pull of the moon., Tide, The amount of salt that is dissolved in ocean water., Salinity, The producers in the ocean that are microscopic plant.s, Phytoplankton, Animal like plankton (ex. krill)., Zooplankton, Made up of multiple food chains., Food Web, One physical characteristic of the ocean that affects where marine organisms can live. , Depth.

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