Oceans - Plate Tectonic Review

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• shelf
• slope
• rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the deepest part of the ocean

• trenches

• abyssal plain

• ocean basin

• rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• A volcanic island rises above the surface of the water & a seamount does not

• A seamount rises above the surface of the water & a volcanic island does not

• Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater

• Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

sound waves used to make a map of the ocean floor

• ocean floor topography

• sonar

• seamount

• continental slope

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

When water freezes, its volume

• remains constant

• increases

• decreases

• equals its weight

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As salinity increases, density

• increases

• decreases

As turbidity increases, light

• increases

• decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2