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Across
  1. 3. underwater mountains formed by a divergent plate boundary
  2. 5. a plain on deep ocean floor that lies generally between the continental rise and mid-ocean ridge
  3. 8. the area between the continental slope and the abyssal plain
  4. 9. Shelf the area around a continent that is more shallow than the open ocean
  5. 10. the deepest part of the ocean
  6. 11. when subsurface cold, denser water replaces warm, less dense surface water
  7. 12. a powerful, warm current that originates at the tip of Florida
Down
  1. 1. the slope that starts at the outer edge of the continental shelf and ends at the ocean floor
  2. 2. a valley formed by a continental- continental convergent boundary
  3. 4. a mountain rising from the ocean floor that has not reached the surface of the water and is not considered an island
  4. 6. the removal or extraction of salt from water to make it drinkable
  5. 7. white crystal salt soluble in water that is gotten from seawater and mineral deposits