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| Panthalassa | the large ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea and was an ancestor of the modern Pacific Ocean |
| Tethys Sea | a shallow sea that once separated the Eurasian and African sections of the supercontinent Pangaea |
| Gonwana | one of two large continents, the southern on, that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up about 180 million years ago |
| Lithogenous | sediment that is derived from the breakdown of rocks |
| Weathering | they physical and chemical breakdown of rocks |
| Biogenous | sediment that is made up of skeletons and shells of marine organisms |
| Siliceous Ooze | a type of biogenous sediment that consists mostly of the silica shell and skeletons of marine organisms |
| Hydrothermal Vents | a deep-sea hot spring where heated water forces its way up through the crust |
| Coriolis | the tendency of objects moving large distances on the earths surface to bend to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of the Southern Hemisphere |
| Waves | the undualtion that forms as a disturbance moves along the surface of the water |
| Tides | the periodic, rhythmic rise and fall of the sea surface |
| Up-Welling | the process by which colder water rich in nutrients rises from a lower to a higher depth |
| Down-Welling | the sinking of surface water or any other medium |
| Tide Tables | a table that gives the predicted time and height of tides for particular points along a coast |
| Tsunamis | Long, fast waves produced by earthquakes and other seismic disturbances of the sea floor |
