Continental Margins

A(n) _______________ is found on the leading edge of the continent where a plate boundary is located.

• Active continental margin

• Passive continental margin

• Deep ocean trench

• Deep ocean basin

• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A(n) _______________ is the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not at a plate boundary.

• Active continental margin

• Passive continental margin

• Deep ocean trench

• Deep ocean basin

• Seamount

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A(n) _______________ is the continental shelf, slope, and rise, that is not associated with an ocean trench or subduction zone.

• Active continental margin

• Passive continental margin

• Deep ocean trench

• Deep ocean basin

• Seamount

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__________ ____________can change the physical shape of the seafloor by eroding large areas and creating submarine canyons.

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify letter "B"

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental break

• Turbidity current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify letter "A"

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental break

• Turbidity current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identify letter "C"

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental break

• Turbidity current

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Identify letter "D"

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental break

• Turbidity current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A coastal region that is characterized by mountain-building activity including earthquakes, volcanic activity, and tectonic motion resulting from movement of tectonic plates.

• Active continental margin

• Passive continental margin

• Deep ocean trench

• Deep ocean basin

• Seamount

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Occurs where the transition between oceanic and continental crust where volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building are not common.

• Active continental margin

• Passive continental margin

• Deep ocean trench

• Deep ocean basin

• Seamount

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