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1. (random) (orderly)

2. (major) (minor)

3. (a major) (little or no)

4. (curved) (straight and perpendicular to each other)

5. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases)

6. (much smaller than) (about the same size as) (much larger than)

7. (North Pacific) (South Pacific) (Indian) (South) Ocean

8. (Mariana) (Turk) (Christmas) (Guam)

9. (much smaller than) (about the same size as) (much larger than)

10. (conformal) (equal-area)

11. (77) (87) (97)

12. (8,547) (9,657) (10,767) km

13. (land) (water)

14. (30 degrees S and 70 degrees E) (20 degrees S and 150 degrees W) (55 degrees N and 40 degrees E)

15. (is) (is not)

16. (is) (is not)

17. (a few) (hundreds of)

18. (Caribbean Sea) (Gulf of Mexico)

19. (dissolved gases) (suspended particles)

20. (smallest) (largest)

21. (large boulders) (fine particles)

22. (east) (west)

23. (land) (ocean)

24. (may) (could not)

25. (open-ocean) (coastal)

26. (direct rainfall) (discharge of water from the land)

27. (are) (are not)

28. (is) (is not)

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