Earth's Ocean Features

What is the deepest part in the ocean?

• Mid ocean ridges

• Trench

• Rift valley

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

What is the steepest part in the ocean?

Continental rise is at the end of the abyssal plain. Do you agree?

• Yes

• No

What are mid ocean ridges?

• Underwater volcanoes formed at transform plate boundaries
• Underwater valleys formed at convergent plate boundaries
• Underwater canyons formed by erosion
• Underwater plates that stretch to form a hole between them so the rift vally will pass out the lava to form a volcano and that happens at the middle of the ocean.

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What is a rift valley?

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Draw an ocean.

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What is a (SEAMOUNT)?

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What is a continental slope?

• Steep slope that is at the end of the continental shelf to start the deep ocean floor and it includes canyons

• A type of dance popular in continental Europe
• A type of dessert found on the continent
• Gentle slope leading from the continental shelf to the deep ocean floor

A continental shelf is:

What is a trench?

• A wide, open field
• A tall, narrow tower
• A short, wide canal
• The deepest part of the ocean. It is long and narrow.

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