Oceans

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth

• Ring of Fire

• Mariana Trench

• Challenger

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

• Convergent boundaries

• The continentals shelves

• Transform boundary

• Mid-ocean ridges

Deep, smooth, and flattest part of the ocean floor.

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Seamounts

gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Rise

Which part of the ocean floor is labeled "D"?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Continental Slope

• Trench

• Abyssal Plain

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind