Oceanography Review 2.25.22

What is a seamount?

• Continuous underwater mountain range

• A geyser on the ocean floor

• At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops down an incline

• Underwater, inactive volcanic mountains

What is a trench?

• Gently sloping, shallow area

• A deep, steep-sided canyon at a subduction zone

• A smooth and flat area on the ocean floor

• At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops down an incline

What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

• Continuous underwater mountain range

• A geyser on the ocean floor

• Mountains that reach the ocean surface

• Underwater, inactive volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is an abyssal plain?

• A smooth, flat area on the ocean

• Mountains that reach the ocean surface

• Gently sloping, shallow area

• At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops down an incline

What is a continental shelf?

• Gently sloping, shallow area

• Underwater, inactive volcanic mountains

• A smooth, flat area on the ocean floor

• A geyser on the ocean floor

What is a continental slope?

• A gently sloping, shallow area

• A continuous underwater mountain range

• At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops down an incline

• Underwater, inactive volcanic mountains

At which type of plate boundary do volcanoes form?

• Convergent - Continental and Oceanic Crust

• Convergent- Continental and Continental Crust

• Convergent - Oceanic and Oceanic Crust

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What causes tsunamis?

• Earthquakes

• Typhoons

• Hurricanes

• Weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates do what?

• Move apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

flat-topped seamount

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

• guyot

• rift