Front

What percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

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71

Front

What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf? Options: seamount, mid-ocean ridge, continental slope, rift zone

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continental slope

Front

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

Back

mid-ocean ridges

Front

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor? Options: continental slope, continental shelf, abyssal plains, rift zones

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continental shelf

Front

What is the flat land located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge? Options: continental slope, continental shelf, abyssal plain, ocean basin

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abyssal plain

Front

What is the deepest part of the ocean basin?

Back

trenches

Front

Sediment settles in this area called the continental _____

Back

rise

Front

Scientists use ______ to determine the ocean's depth.

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Sonar

Front

A __________ is the area in an ocean basin where new ocean floor is formed

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mid ocean ridge

Front

Label A: continental slope, continental shelf, abyssal plain, sea mount

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continental slope