Seafloor Features

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Seamount is similar to...

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a small mountain or volcano

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

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continental shelf

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Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor? Options: earthquakes, sea floor spreading, subduction, convection

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sea floor spreading

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

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

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What type of boundary does Seafloor Spreading occur?

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Divergent

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True or False: The plates will never stop moving

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True

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Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

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Convergent

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Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

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Transform

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Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

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Convergent Oceanic

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The __________ is the deepest known place on Earth at a depth of 11,034 meters.

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Mariana Trench