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What is letter A pointing to?
Continental Slope
Seamount
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
What is letter B pointing to?
Seamount
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Island
What is letter C pointing to?
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Island
Continental Shelf
What is letter D pointing to?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Island
Continental Shelf
Trench
What is letter E pointing to?
Island
Continental Shelf
Trench
Continental Slope
What is F pointing to?
Continental Shelf
Trench
Continental Slope
Seamount
What is letter G pointing to?
Trench
Continental Slope
Seamount
Abyssal Plain
Where does new oceanic crust form?
along a mid-ocean ridge at a rift zone
in an ocean trench
on the continental shelf
on a seamount
What is the correct order of the oceanic landforms, from closest to a continent to farthest away?
ocean basin→mid-ocean ridge→ continental shelf→ continental slope
mid-ocean ridge→ ocean basin→ continental slope→ continental shelf
continental shelf→ continental slope →ocean basin→ mid-ocean ridge
continental slope→ continental shelf→ mid-ocean ridge→ ocean basin
Which continental landform is the most like a trench found on the ocean floor?
valley
mountain
canyon
plain
A mountain range is most like a _______________________________ found on the ocean floor.
mid-ocean ridge
abyssal plain/ocean basin
trench
continental shelf
This oceanic landform is located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. It is made up of low hills and flat plains. The ground here is covered with the remains of dead plants and sea animals. It is ________________.
mid-ocean ridge
trench
abyssal plain/ocean basin
continental slope
When you think of a volcano, you probably think about how they can be very destructive. They are, after all, natural disasters. However, volcanoes can have constructive consequences. One example of volcanoes as a constructive process would be a volcano eruption...
spewing hot lava
forming an island
starting an avalanche
covering the land with ash
The Grand Canyon, as seen here, can be compared to a(n) __________ under the Earth's oceans.
trench
abyssal plain
mid-ocean ridge
continental shelf
The low lying land between hills or mountains
On land: ?
Oceanic: Rift zone
What term should be used to replace the question mark in the table?
cavern
delta
plateau
valley
Some volcanoes form mountains. Some of these mountains are surrounded on all sides and become islands. Other volcanoes stay submerged under the ocean waters. These submerged volcanoes are called
trench
seamounts
rift zone
continental shelf
In the ocean, what is a landform similar to a valley known as?
It is known as a rift.
It is known as the ocean basin.
It is known as the mid-ocean ridge.
It is known as an underwater valley.
A trench in the center of the highest part of the mid-ocean ridge; new land is formed here
Rift zone
Contiental Slope
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Where the shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor. The depth of the water increases greatly here.
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Continental Shelf
Located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. It is made up of low hills and flat plains. The ground here is covered with the remains of dead plants and sea animals.
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Continental Shelf
Trench
An underwater volcanic mountain range on the bottom of the ocean which divides the ocean floor into two parts
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Continental Shelf
Trench
Seamount
Where the edges of the continent slope down from the ocean shore into the ocean. It is the part of the continent located under the water. Abundant fishing is found here.
Continental Shelf
Trench
Seamount
Island
Steep-sided canyons and deep, narrow valleys in the bottom of the ocean. They are the deepest part of the ocean basin and deeper than any valley on land.
Trench
Seamount
Island
Rift Zone
An underwater mountain
Seamount
Island
Rift Zone
Continental Slope
An underwater mountain which now reaches above the water level
Island
Seamount
Continental Shelf
Trench
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