Echo Sounder

What will be an ideal response?


> Or Fathometer - sends a sound signal downward into the ocean, where it produces echoes when it bounces off any density difference. It records the rough outline of the ocean floor

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Briefly explain how the Hawaiian Island chain formed. The definitions of hot spot and mantle plume should be included in your explanation

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Flat seafloor in the deep ocean

1) Continental shelf 2) Abyssal plane 3) Submarine trench 4) Continental rise 5) Continental slope

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________ pollutants are chemicals or particles that are directly emitted from identifiable sources

A) Tertiary B) Natural C) Man-made D) Secondary E) Primary

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