The Ocean Floor and Zones

What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?

• seamount
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental slope
• rift zone

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains
• continental slopes

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plains
• rift zones

What is the flat land located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge?

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• ocean basin

What is the deepest part of the ocean basin?

• abyssal plains
• trenches
• rift zones
• mid-ocean ridge

What is an opening in the surface where lava may flow?

• trench
• seamount
• rift zone
• valley

Which of the following is the corresponding oceanic land form for canyons? 

• Mountain 
• trench 
• plains
• mid-ocean ridge 

This zone includes any area beyond the continental shelf where water is deepest.

• Open-Ocean Zone
• Neretic Zone
• Intertidal Zone
• Auto Zone

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

• shoreline
• continental shelf
• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

The part of the ocean that extends from the low-tide line to the edge of the continental shelf is the 

• Nertic Zone
• Open Ocean Zone
• Intertidal Zone
• Deep Zone