Oceanography Vocabulary

Which best describes the continental shelf?

• a flat underwater valley 
• a region of mountains in the deep ocean 
• a shallow area of sediment near the shore 
• a region with high water pressure 

Salinity means

• how many fish are in the water
• how much salt is in the water

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The ocean floor 

• is always a flat bed of sand 
• has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces
• is covered by the same amount of water everywhere
• covers less area than land

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Where is the ocean deepest?

• ocean trench
• volcanic island
• abyssal plain 
• mid-ocean ridge

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The large flat region of the ocean floor is called the 

• ocean trench
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• seamount 

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Oceanography is the study of the  _________.

• ocean
• garbage
• plants
• weather

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What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

• trench
• rift zone
• seamount
• mid ocean ridge

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

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Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

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