The Ocean Floor, How Oceans Affect Climates, & Ocean Resources

There are (a)   major regions of the ocean floor.

When you wade into the ocean at the beach you are walking along the continental (a)   .

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The continental (a)   is found at the border between continental and oceanic crust.

Parts of the continental slope are actually more like (a)   .

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At the end of the continental slope, the ocean floor gradually flattens out into the (a)   plain.

The deepest parts of the ocean are called (a)   . Some oceans plunge more than 33,000 feet below the surface.

Without oceans, the Earth's climate would be too (a)   to support life.

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Water takes (a)   to heat up and cool down than land does.

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The differences in water and land temperature cause (a)   to from.

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Sea breezes keep the air on land (a)   during the day.

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