Oceans - Swann

An area of seabed around a large landmass (continent) is called...

• continental rise

• continental slope

• continental shelf

The big drop off between the outer edge of the shelf and the deep ocean floor is called...

• continental slope

• continental rise

• continental shelf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The area between the slope and the abyssal plain that collects sediment from above like rock and dead sea life is called...

• continental rise

• continental slope

• continental shelf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The flat region of the ocean floor, generally at the base of the continental rise is known as...

• continental rise

• continental slope

• abyssal plain

Sometimes referred to as a guyot, this is an underwater mountain formed from volcanic activity...

• continental rise

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

A chain of underwater mountains that wind between continents.

• seamount

• volcanic island

• mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An island formed from volcanic activity is called...

• mid-ocean ridge

• volcanic island

• new vacation spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A long narrow depressions on the sea floor. Deepest part of the ocean is known as...

• trench

• a big hole

• continental rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A measure of how deep something is?

• deepest

• not too deep

• depth

The amount of salt found in the ocean's waters is known as...

• saltiness

• saltines

• salinity