Ocean Floor Topography & Ocean Locations

The large, flat part of the ocean floor is called the _____________. 

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A volcanic mountain that rises above the surface of the water is called ____________

• trench
• island
• mid-ocean ridge
• seamount

What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?

• seamount
• trench
• continental rise
• continental slope

If you are walking into the ocean you would be on the continental...

• shelf
• slope
• rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A steep drop after the continental shelf is the continental...

• slope
• shelf
• rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter C?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Cont. Shelf
• Cont. Slope
• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter D?

• Cont. Shelf
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Volcanic Island
• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter E?

• Volcanic Island
• Seamount
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is letter A?

• Cont. Shelf
• Cont. Slope
• Abyssal Plain
• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3