Ocean Floor Topography

A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor

• trench

• seamount

• guyot

• abyssal plain

A deep undersea valley located along the center of the mid- ocean ridge

• guyot

• seamount

• continental shelf

• rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

flat-topped seamount

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

• guyot

• rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the natural and artificial features existing on the ocean floor

• seamount

• continental shelf

• sonar

• ocean floor topography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor

• abyssal plain

• guyot

• rift

• mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

sound waves to detect and determine the location, size, and relative motion of underwater objects

• ocean floor topography

• sonar

• seamount

• continental slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the steep slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor

• continental shelf

• guyot

• continental slope

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the underwater edge of a continent

• continental slope

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

• guyot

• abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity

• rift

• continental slope

• trench

• seamount

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2