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be used to create things called coordinates that help people identify a specific location on
earth
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The earth is tilted on its axis approximately 23
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It splits the world in half with north and south hemispheres
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Such as: The Amazon of South America, Congo of
central Africa and southeastern Asian rainforests
The Mariana Trench is a deep ocean trench in the Western Pacific Ocean
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Huge crescent shaped trench about 2,550km long and 69km Wide
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Seas: (a strait is a narrow passage of water connecting seas or oceans)
• Bering sea (north of pacific) it helps divide Asia and America
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• Mediterranean Sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean it is entirely enclosed by land
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A shelf is the edge
of a continent under the ocean
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Abyssal plain -the flat region of the ocean floor
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Mostly found in the Atlantic Ocean
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High tide is when the sea or ocean is closer to the moon
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Low tide is when the sea or ocean recedes
to its furthest extent (the water surface is no longer in front of the moon and less strongly
attracted)
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Tide: rise and fall of the ocean
Current: motion of water
Rip currents form where sand bars are on a beach
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Centrifugal force is the force that causes the oceans to bulge on the opposite side facing the
moon
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It’s like
2 extremes - they happen twice a month
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Neap tides: they happen during the first and last quarters of the moon
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That means the moon and sun’s gravity are working
against each other
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Currents are the constant movement of sea water
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Gyres are large systems of circular oceanic currents caused by things like wind movement

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