Landforms and Oceans Review

The ocean floor...

• has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces.

• covers less area than the land.

• is always a flat bed of sand.

• is covered by the same amount of water everywhere.

Sand dunes in the desert are caused by erosion from:

• glaciers

• streams

• rain

• wind

Which natural process could cause a granite statue to wear away?

• earthquakes

• blowing wind and rain

• water from floods

• lava from volcanoes

Which of the following is a constructive process?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• none of the above

How is a volcano constructive?

• It causes rocks to slide down the side of the volcano.

• It builds up the Earth's surface with cooled lava.

• It causes the ground to shake along a fault.

• It weathers away the side of the volcano.

What is the landform shown for letter A?

• continental shelf

• seamount

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

What is the landform shown for letter B?

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• seamount

• trench

What is the landform shown for letter C?

• abyssal plain

• rift zone

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

What is the landform shown for letter D?

• trench

• rift zone

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

What is the landform shown for letter E?

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• volcano/volcanic island

• continental slope