Ocean Floor Features

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Mariana __________ is the deepest known place on Earth

Volcanoe

Seamount

Ridge

Trench

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean?

Continental slope – continental shelf- continental rise – mid-ocean ridge

Continental rise – continental shelf – mid-ocean ridge - continental slope

Continental shelf – continental slope – continental rise – mid-ocean ridge

Mid-ocean ridge – continental rise – continental shelf- continental slope

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is letter D?

Cont. Shelf

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Volcanic Island

Seamount

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is letter E?

Volcanic Island

Seamount

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Abyssal Plain

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is letter G?

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Rift

Trench

Cont. Shelf

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...

continental slope

continental shelf

abyssal plain

trench

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Seamount is similiar to...

a volcanic island

a small mountain or volcano

The Great Plains

The Grand Canyon

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The continental slope is located at the end of the...

shoreline

continental shelf

mid ocean ridge

abyssal plain

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The place where new ocean floor forms is called the...

mid ocean ridge

abyssal plain

trench

continental shelf

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?

A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not

A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not

Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater

Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is letter A?

Cont. Shelf

Cont. Slope

Seamount

Abyssal Plain

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is letter C?

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Cont. Shelf

Cont. Slope

Abyssal Plain

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.

Submarines

Sonar

Helicopters

Radiowaves

14.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which is the largest ocean?

Pacific

Atlantic

Arctic

Indian

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How many oceans are there?

1

10

5

2

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