Ocean Zones review

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

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The v-shaped valley which his the deepest part of the ocean floor is called a...

• ridge

• trench

• continental rise

• continental slope

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• shelf

• slope

• rise

the steep drop-off between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor

• continental shelf

• guyot

• continental slope

• trench

An underwater mountain range where new ocean floor is formed

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

• guyot

• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter G?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Rift
• Trench
• Cont. Shelf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What letter is B?

• Cont. Shelf
• Cont. Slope
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Seamount is similiar to...

• a volcanic island
• a small mountain or volcano
• The Great Plains
• The Grand Canyon

The Maraina __________ is the deepest known place on Earth

• Volcanoe
• Seamount
• Ridge
• Trench