WATER

Question 1

what are the 9 facts about water?

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Water could be the key to finding life.
Almost all of Earth’s water is in the oceans.
Most freshwater is in ice.
The amount of salt in salt water varies.
A lot can live in one drop of water.
Some water may have come from comets.
It’s great that ice floats.
Our bodies are mostly water.
In plants, water defies gravity.

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(scientists who search for life on other planets)

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astrobiologists

Question 3

water covers ____ percent of the
surface of our planet.

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71 percent

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If all of that water fell as rain at
once, the whole planet would get about ____ inch
of rain.

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1 inch

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percent of water on Earth is
in our oceans,

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96.5 percent

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about ____ percent of water is floating above us in the
atmosphere.

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0.001 percent

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In a gallon of average ocean water, there is about —-
cup of salt.

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1 cup of salt

Question 4

how many percent is freshwater found in groundwater?

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30%

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Over —–
percent of Earth’s freshwater is locked up in ice
and glaciers.

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68%

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Just —— percent of Earth’s water is fresh—that
is, with few salts in it.

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3.5 %

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You can find Earth’s __——____ in our lakes, rivers, and streams, but don’t forget groundwater and glaciers.

Answer 4

freshwater

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what ocean is salter that the Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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The saltiest water in
the world is found in Antarctica in a small lake
named

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Don Juan Pond.

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where is Don Juan Pond. located?

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Antarctica

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these are mostly
water ice.

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Comets

Question 8

could well have
made a big contribution.

Answer 8

comets

Question 9

whic is less dense?
water or ice?

Answer 9

ice

Question 10

how many percent of water is in a newborn baby?

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78%

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how many percent of water is in adults?

Answer 11

55-60%

Question 12

It acts as a shock absorber for our
brain and spinal cord.

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water in the our body

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an interesting characteristic of water

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“sticky”

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is a transparent fluid that forms the world’s streams,
lakes, oceans, and rain

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Water

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thin straws called ——- in the
plant by holding onto each other and the walls of
the tube.

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xylem

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the major constituent of the fluids of organisms

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water

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how many oxgen atom does water molecule have?

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1

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how many hydrogen atom does water molecule have?

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2

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3 states of water

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solid liquid gas

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a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by

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covalent bonds.

Question 19

defined as a depression, or dip, in the Earth’s surface.

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basin

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4 Characteristics of a Basin

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❖ Shaped like bowls ❖ With sides higher than the bottom ❖ Can be oval or circular in shape ❖ Some are filled with water

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is an area drained by a river and all of its tributaries

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RIVER DRAINAGE BASINS

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3 The Major Types of Basins:

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✓ River Drainage Basins ✓ Structural Basins ✓ Ocean Basins

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(a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake)

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tributaries

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made up of different watersheds

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RIVER DRAINAGE BASINS

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made of entire river system or an area drained by a river and its tributaries

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watersheds

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a small version of a river basin

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Watershed

Question 26

Every ------- and ------ has its own watershed that drains to a larger stream or wetland

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stream and tributary

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area of land covered by a shallow water or saturated by water

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Wetland

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4 Part of a River Basin

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Pond Stream Wetland Lake

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a river made up of six major watersheds:

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Mississippi River basin in the United States

Question 30

Mississippi River basin in the United States is mad eup of 6 major watersheds which are?

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Missouri Upper Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Lower Mississippi Arkansas-Red-White Rivers

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in northern Texas, is part of the Arkansas-Red-White watershed.

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Pease River

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A tributary of the Red River.

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Pease River

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is a major tributary of the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Red River

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watershed at Quezon City

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La Mesa Watershed

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Located in the northern South America, considered as the largest in the world

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THE AMAZON BASIN

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------- and all of its tributaries drain an area more than 7 million square kilometers.

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The Amazon River

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as per DENR the full number of watersheds recognized in the Philippines are at

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142

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watershed at Pangasisnan

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Agno River Basin

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watershed at Ilocos Sur

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Buaya River

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watershed at Bataan/Zambales

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Pinulot Watershed

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watershed at Cavite

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Flagnyland

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watershed at Quezon Province

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Lagnas Watershed

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watershed at Camarines Sur

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Yabo-Naga Watershed

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watershed at Bohol

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Loboc River

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watershed at Bulacan/Nueva Ecija

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Dona Remedios-General Tinio

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watershed at Aklan

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Aklan River

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watershed at Nueva Ecija/Nueva Vizcaya

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Talavera

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watershed at Nueva Ecija

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Pantanbangan-Carangalan

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watershed at Lanao del Sur

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Lake Lanao

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formed by tectonic activity

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STRUCTURAL BASINS

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Rocks and other material on the floor of the basin are forced

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downward

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caused by natural processes of weathering and erosion

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STRUCTURAL BASINS

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while material on the sides of the basin are

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pushed up

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happens over thousands of years

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STRUCTURAL BASINS

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is shaped like a bowl,

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basin

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structural basin

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usually found in dry regions

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STRUCTURAL BASINS

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3 TYPES OF STRUCTURAL BASIN

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Endorheic basins Sedimentary basins Lake Basins

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* watershed that empties into an internal body of water, not the ocean

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Endorheic basins

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have internal drainage systems

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Endorheic basins

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depression in the Earth's surface that has slowly been filled with layers of sand, rock, and other debris (sediment)

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Sedimentary basins

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often form in valleys blocked by rocks or other debris left by a landslide, lava flow, or glacier

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Lake Basins

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they don’t have enough water to drain to a stream, lake, or ocean

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Endorheic basins

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water that trickles into these types of basins evaporates or seeps into the ground

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Endorheic basins

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one of the saltiest natural body of water on Earth.

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The Dead Sea

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Its shore, about 400 meters (1,300 feet) below sea level, is Earth’s lowest dry point.

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Dead Sea

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dead sea's shore is about ----- meters below sea level

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400 meters

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The water draining into -------- -------- from its few streams does not exit the basin to a river or estuary.

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Death Valley

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debris acts as a dam, trapping water and forming a lake

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LAKE BASINS

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Known Endorheic Basins in the World

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Death Valley, in the U.S. state of California

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Known Lake Basins in the World

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Hunza Lake in Pakistan Hunza River in Pakistan

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was formed when an earthquake triggered a massive landslide in 2010

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Hunza Lake in Pakistan

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The debris dammed the Hunza River, in addition to killing 20 people and destroying the village of

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Attabad.

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this river continues to flow into the lake basin, and many geologists and villagers worry the basin won’t be strong enough to hold the water

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The Hunza River in Pakistan

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may also be carved out by glaciers—huge masses of ice—as they move down valleys or across the land

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LAKE BASINS

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When the glaciers move, the basins they create

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remain

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During the last ice age, glaciers carved the basins of the

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Finger Lakes, in the U.S. state of New York.

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where is Finger Lakes located?

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U.S. state of New York.

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Material that fills up the basin is called

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sediment fill

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have been filled with layers of rock and organic material over millions of years.

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SEDIMENTARY BASINS

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they lived and died in ocean basins. Eventually, these ancient oceans dried up, leaving dry basins.

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diatoms

Question 73

(rock, debris, and other material that fills a sedimentary basin).

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sediment

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key sources of petroleum and other fossil fuels

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SEDIMENTARY BASINS

Question 74

remains were crushed under billions of tons of sediment fill, over millions of years. In the right conditions, the pressure of the sediment fill turns the diatom remains into

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petroleum

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one of the most productive petroleum fields in Africa.

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Niger Delta sedimentary basin

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where is Niger Delta sedimentary basin located?

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in the countries of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea

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one of the continent's largest suppliers of gas and coal.

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Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

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where is Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin located?

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North America

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Are the largest depressions on Earth

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OCEAN BASINS

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(the edges of the continents)

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Continental shelves

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Form the sides of ocean basins and Formed through tectonic activity also

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OCEAN BASINS

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FIVE MAJOR OCEAN BASINS

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Pacific Basin Atlantic Basin Indian Basin Arctic Basin Southern Basin

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is the largest ocean basin in the world. It is more than 155 million square kilometers (59 million square miles)all of the continents could fit into

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Pacific Ocean

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a zone of intense tectonic activity, including many earthquakes and volcanoes.

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Ring of Fire