Ocean Basins

Ocean basins are mainly responsible for the movements of Earth's ---------- plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the deepest part of the ocean; long, narrow, steep-sided canyons are called?

• Tectonic plates

• Continental shelves

• Trenches

What did scientists use to map the ocean floor?

• Echo-location

• Animals

• Sonar

• space shutters

What are mid-ocean ridges?

• A chain of underwater waterfalls

• A chain of underwater volcanos

• A chain of underwater mountains

• A chain of underwater rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• Shoreline

• Continental shelf

• mid-ocean eidge

• abyssal plain

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• abyssal plains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

• Trench

• Seamount

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift zone

What is the name of the flat land located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge?

• continental slope

• Continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• ocean basin

What is the measurement of the amount of dissolved salts in a liquid?

• Density

• Salinity

• Volume

How are salts added to the ocean?

• Precipitation

• Land erosion

• Evaporation