ESL5 Science (1-1) : Landforms (1-2)

features on the ocean floor look like.....

• mountains and valleys

• canyons and beaches

• mountains and coasts

• deltas and inlets

a large underwater area between continent

• ocean basin

• coast

• volcanic island

• deep sea fan

Along the coast of a continent, the ocean floor is called the.....

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• submarine canyon

• continental rise

A continent shelf ends at the point where a.......begins.

• sharp slope

• shallow slope

• high slope

• crazy slope

The sharp slope is called the.....

• continental slope

• submarine canyon

• continental shelf

• continental rise

a steep-sided valley in a continental slope

• submarine canyon

• continental slope

• continental rise

• abyssal plain

At the end of a continental slope is another gradual downward slope called.....

• continental rise

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• abyssal plain

a wide, flat area of ocean floor

• abyssal plain

• continental rise

• continental shelf

• continental slope

Abyssal plains cover about _______ % of the ocean floor.

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 70

the deepest part of the ocean floor

• trenches

• seamount

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridges