Ocean Topography

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

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

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What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

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

• trench

• volcanic island

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

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

• shelf
• slope
• rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• slope
• shelf
• rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

mountain ranges in the ocean

• mid -ocean ridge
• trenches
• rift
• ocean basin

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the deepest part of the ocean

• trenches
• abyssal plain
• ocean basin
• rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor?

• earthquakes
• sea floor spreading 
• subduction
• convection

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What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?

• A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not
• A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not
• Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater
• Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water

What is letter A?

• Cont. Shelf

• Cont. Slope

• Abyssal Plain

• Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3