How Do People Map The Ocean Floor?
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bms4thgrade on April 20, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 continental shelf | the shallow part of the ocean at the edge of the continents |
| continental slope | the edge of the continental shelf that extends steeply downward to the ocean floor |
| ocean basin | the floor of the deep ocean |
| trench | a deep, narrow valley in the ocean floor |
| ridge | the highest part of a chain of underwater mountains |
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