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abyssal plain: wide, flat area that makes up most of the ocean floor
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bathyscaph: free-moving like a submarine
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bathysphere: round capsule that is lowered into the ocean by a cable
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Challenger: scientific voyage to collect sea-samples
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chemical and mineral deposits: metals that dissolve in the water or are suspended like gold
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continental edge: the point at which the continental shelf begins to angle sharply down
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continental rise: which is the base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment
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Continental shelf: The gently slopping underwater land surrounding each continent where the ocean begins. Where you wade into the ocean , the shallowest part
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continental slope: The cliff-like drop at the continental edge that drops steeply down to the deep ocean floor
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Cornelius Drebbel: builds first submarine
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inorganic sediments: soil and rock on land that wash into the ocean
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iridium levels: by studying the layers of ocean sediments we find out about the past
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Matthew Fontaine Maury: Father of modern oceanography
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mid-ocean ridge: a chain of mountains on the ocean floor (longest mountain range in the world - 36,000 miles)
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organic sediments: sediments formed from dead plants, shells, or animal skeletons
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seamounts: free standing underwater mountain that formed from a volcano
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sonar: sound navigation ranging use echoes 9sound waves) to map the ocean floor
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submersibles: self-propelled underwater craft
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turbidity current: are movements of dense, sediment rich water down the continental slope