Ocean Landforms Quiz

The edge of the continent; slopes gently away from the shore into the ocean.

• Continental Slope

• Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Continental Shelf

A central mountain range that divides the ocean floor into two parts.

• Seamount

• Island

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mount Saint Helens

A steep-sided underwater canyon; the deepest part of the ocean basin

• Valley

• Canyon

• Flat

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The flat area of the ocean basin

• Abyssal Plain

• Sand

• Floor

• Seamount

A narrow trench located in the center of the highest part of the mid-ocean ridge

• Mountain

• Rift Zone

• Ocean Trench

• Submarine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor

• Continental Slope

• Mountain

• Rift Zone

• Continental Shelf

The area where the ocean meets the land is called the __________________ _______________ ________________.

• Human Swimming Zone

• Rift Valley Center

• Wild Deep Water

• Ocean Shore Zone

A

• Trench

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Rift Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

E

• Volcano

• Rift Zone

• Smoke

• Ocean Floor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

F

• Continental Slope

• The Ridge

• Seamount

• Continental Shelf