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What is the wide, flat area of ocean?

• the coastal plain
• the abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridges

What is the name of the ocean floor near a continent?

• continental shelf
• crustal shelf
• coastal reef

What is the deepest part of the ocean floor?

• trench
• fjord
• crustal crease

What are underwater mountains that rise above the water level?

• volcanoes
• seamounts
• sea ridges

What is the sharp drop off of land near a continent?

• continental drift
• continental valley
• continental slope

Which ocean floor feature is labeled "F"?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

"A" on the diagram labels the...

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Ocean Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The area that extends from 1,000m-4,000, is pitch black due to no sunlight at all, and has extreme pressure due to depth is called the -

• Twilight Zone

• Midnight Zone

• Sunlight Zone

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

A major ocean current on the east coast of the United States

• Gulf Stream Current

• Humboldt Current

• East Australian Current

• California Current

What 3 things cause currents?

• wind patterns, temperature, and salinity
• temperature, sediment, sun
• waves, the moon, sediment
• shallow water, temperature, and salinity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6