having to do with the ocean or sea - marine, large body of salt water that surrounds land masses - ocean, the amount of salt dissolved in water - salinity, shallow part of the ocean floor - greatest variety of plants and animals - continental shelf, steep drop-off of the continental shelf - continental slope, gentle slope that connects the continental slope with the ocean floor - continental rise, underwater mountains - mid-ocean ridges, deepest part of the ocean (similar to canyons on land) - trench, flat area of the ocean floor - abyssal plain, caused by water being pushed onto shore-water builds up and falls over itself near land - waves, body of water moving in a certain direction; caused by wind, temperature, and salinity - can be warm or cold - ocean currents, occurs every 12 hours - caused by the pull of gravity from moon and sun - tides, zone of the ocean - warmer temperatures, lots of sunlight, lots of marine life - sunlight zone, zone of the ocean - colder temperatures, less sunlight and less marine life - twilight zone, zone of the ocean - freezing temperatures, intense pressure, no sunlight, little marine life. - midnight zone,

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