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

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

Where is the ocean deepest?

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

The large flat region of the ocean floor is called the 

• ocean trench
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• seamount 

Oceanography is the study of the  _________.

• ocean
• garbage
• plants
• weather

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

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

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

Which of the following oceanic land form is like canyons?

• Mountain

• trench

• plains

• mid-ocean ridge