Continental and Oceanic Landforms

What are the continental landforms?

• Rift, trench, seamount and volcanic islands, mid ocean ridge, abyssal plains

• Rift, trench, seamount, canyon, mountain range, plain

• Valley, canyon, volcano, mountain range, plain

• Valley, canyon, volcano, abyssal plains, trench

What are the oceanic landforms?

• Rift, trench, seamount and volcanic islands, mid ocean ridge, abyssal plains

• Rift, trench, seamount and volcanic islands, valley, canyon

• Valley, canyon, volcano, mountain range, plain

• Valley, canyon, volcano, abyssal plain, trench

What is a watershed?

• The water cycle

• All of the land that water flows over before reaching a lake or river

• All of the water that reaches the ocean

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What does a watershed act as?

• Straw

• Funnel

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What are some examples of precipitation?

• Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail

• Rain, Steel, Snow

• Hail, Snow, Clouds

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True or false? Large watersheds are made up of smaller drainage basins.

• True

• False

What is the continental slope?

• the sharp slope at the end of the continental shelf

• the ocean floor along the coast of a continent

• the part of the ocean you can walk on

What is the continental shelf?

• a deep valley in the center of the ocean

• the sharp slope at the end of the continental shelf

• the ocean floor along the coast of a continent that is covered by shallow water and gradually slopes down

What features make up an ocean shore zone?

• Continental Shelf, Continental Slope, Abyssal Plain

• Beach, Barrier Island, Estuary, Inlet

• Abyssal Plain, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Volcanic Island

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What is a valley?

• Low land between hills or mountains

• deep valley with steep sides

• an opening in the surface from which lava flows