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Made of tiny volcanic islands. Filled with brightly colored fish, sharks, and coral. Off the northeast coast of Australia. Largest natural feature on Earth and is visible from space.
This ridge is the northernmost part of the Indian Ocean ridge system. which forms a huge, inverted "Y" shape.
Hit by severe pollution following the Gulf War, in 1991.
The surface of the Earth is made up of cast plates of rock. Mid-ocean ridges mark the places where two plates meet underwater. This is the longest one in the world.
What is the most watery planet in our solar system?
A huge, bowl-shaped dent in the ocean floor.
Connects arctic ocean with pacific. Used to be a land bridge that connected Asia and North America.
Home to many of the world's great whales. Freezing cold, whipped by high winds, which produces mountainous seas.
How deep can light usually reach in the ocean?
One of the youngest and saltiest seas. Formed when Arabia split from Africa.
How much of the Earth is covered by seawater?
Major shipping route between Europe and North America. Main fishing grounds.
The site of many undersea oil and gas fields. It is very deep and treacherous, so extraction is difficult.
Sea within a sea. Warm area of the Atlantic. Covered with sargassum weed, which has small air-filled bladders that look like grapes.
What are creatures that live on abyssal plains called?
Primary generating forces of tide waves
Wave speed influenced more by in deep water wave
Wavelength of a wave moving at 31.20 m/s
Period of a wave moving at 31.20 m/s
Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted with the respect of its orbital plane