Ocean Floor Features (and review!)

The continental slope is located at the end of the...

• shoreline
• continental shelf
• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

Seamount is similiar to...

• a volcanic island
• a small mountain or volcano
• The Great Plains
• The Grand Canyon

Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor?

• earthquakes
• sea floor spreading 
• subduction
• convection

Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean?

•  Continental slope – continental shelf- continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•  Continental rise – continental shelf – mid-ocean ridge -  continental slope
•  Continental shelf – continental slope – continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•    Mid-ocean ridge – continental rise – continental shelf- continental slope

What type of boundary does Seafloor Spreading occur?

• Convergent

• Subduction

• Collision

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

• Convergent Oceanic

• Divergent Oceanic

• Convergent Continental-Continental

• Divergent Continental

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The __________ is the deepest known place on Earth at a depth of 11,034 meters.

• Volcano Gully

• Seamount Deep

• Ridge Valley

• Mariana Trench

Which letter indicates the continental shelf?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which feature is indicated by the letter K?

• guyot
• continental slope
• continental rise
• trench

Which features of the seafloor represent the flattest part of the Earth's surface?

• deep-sea trenches
• continental margins
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains