The Ocean Floor

This is a shelf that is gently sloped and extends from the shoreline toward the deep-ocean basin.

• continental shelf

• continental basin

• seamount

• continental rise

This sediment consists of shells and skeletons of marine organisms.

• biogenous

• hydrogenous

• lithogenous

• terrigenous

Which feature includes the deepest parts of the ocean

• deep sea trench

• contintental margin

• atoll

• rift valley

Moving crustal plates plunging back into Earth's mantle causes this feature

• deep-ocean trench

• turbidity currents

• continental rise

• submarine canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

These plains are the most level places on Earth.

• abyssal plains

• coastal plains

• continental plains

• ocean plains

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Oceanic Ridge

• Trench

• Seamount

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3