3 Marine Provinces (Seafloor Features) Test

Front

What is letter I? Options: Cont. Shelf, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Volcanic Island, Seamount

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

What is letter F? Options: Mid-Ocean Ridge, Seamount, Trench, Continental Shelf

Back

Continental Shelf

Front

What is letter H?

Back

Abyssal plain

Front

What ocean floor feature is characterized by a thick sediment bed at the bottom of the continental slope?

Back

Continental rise

Front

What is letter C? Options: Continental slope, Seamount, Mid-ocean ridge, Submarine canyon

Back

Seamount

Front

What do you call a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level) and thus is not an island? Options: trench, abyssal plain, seamount, seamount island

Back

seamount

Front

The tops of underwater mountains that show above the surface of the ocean form  _______________.

Back

islands

Front

At the end of the continental slope, the ocean floor gradually flattens into the __________________.

Back

abyssal plain

Front

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

Back

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

Front

Large mountain ridges under the ocean that are formed when molten material from deep within the Earth flow up to the surface.

Back

mid-ocean ridge