Geography of the Ocean Floor

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

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

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

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Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Oceanic Ridge

• Trench

• Seamount

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain