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3rd Six Weeks Test Review

Teacher: Eileen Gariepy
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Two tides a day of relatively equal size
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New oceanic crust is made in the mid Atlantic and forms this type of seafloor feature
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New crust is made at this type of plate boundary
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The youngest of all the oceans
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A linear type of map that indicates the depth of the ocean floor and outlines all its seafloor features
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An outgoing tide
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Amount the earths' tectonic plates move in any given year
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Means "all lands" in Greek (Think Wegener)
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Smallest of all the oceans
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Pangea was created 250 mya when all the earths' continents were joined together to create a
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Linear lines on a globe that divide the earth into an Eastern and Western hemisphere
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Ocean located below 60 degrees S latitude
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Tectonic plates collide into each other at this boundary resulting in mountain building
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Northerly winds blowing parallel to shore that bring up nutrients
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The Prime Meridian runs through this city establishing the International Date Line
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Swim this direction relative to the shoreline to escape a rip current
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A narrow strip of land that connects two land masses (ex: N and S America)
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The ring of fire is found in this ocean basin
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A type of current that runs perpendicular to shore and can pull you out to sea
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A type of canyon like seafloor feature found just off the coast of California at Monteray Bay
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A flattened, inactive. underwater volcano
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Zone where crust is destroyed and a trench and volcanoes are made
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A chain of islands formed by a hot spot- oldest island is furthest away from hot spot
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Two plates rubbing against one another at this type of boundary causes earthquakes
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Higher than normal tide that occurs when moon, earth and sun are positioned in a straight line
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Linear lines on a globe that change if you move from the North pole to the South pole in a straight line
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Measurement of speed in water (ex: speed of currents)
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Ocean that has a Y shaped ridge
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Jutting piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides. (Ex: Florida)
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A smaller than normal tide that occurs when the earth, sun and moon are at 90 degree angles to one another
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A high and low tide that occurs once a day
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This effect is caused by the deflection of wind created by earth's rotation on it's axis (helps create currents)
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A ring of coral surrounding a lagoon