Ocean Landforms

Name an underwater flat surface located on the deep ocean floor.

• abyssal plains

• mountains

• plains

• trench

The edges of the continents that are sloping down from the shore into the ocean and is located under the water.

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• continental rise

• seamount

What does G represent?

• rift valley

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean floor

What is an underwater mountain range?

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

• tide

• trench

This is where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor.

• continental slope

• ocean basin

• continental shelf

• mid-ocean range

Underwater volcanic activity that adds mountains to either side of the mid-ocean ridge happens in this area.

• rift zone

• ocean basin

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

The rise and fall of the ocean that is caused by the pull of the moon and sun.

• current

• ocean basin

• waves

• tides

Canyons and deep, narrow valleys found in the bottom of the ocean

• rift zone

• earthquakes & volcanoes

• ocean currents

• trench

What is a mountain that rises from the ocean floor but doesn't go above the the water's surface?

• valley

• delta

• seamount

• abyssal plain

Water movement caused as the wind passes energy to the water.

• waves

• current

• rift zone

• continental slope