The large, flat part of the ocean floor is called the _____________. 

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

A volcanic mountain that rises above the surface of the water is called ____________

• trench
• island
• mid-ocean ridge
• seamount

What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?

• seamount
• trench
• continental rise
• continental slope

If you are walking into the ocean you would be on the continental...

• shelf
• slope
• rise

A steep drop after the continental shelf is the continental...

• slope
• shelf
• rise

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flat-topped seamount

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

• guyot

• rift

the underwater edge of a continent

• continental slope

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

Which number represents the Pacific Ocean?

• 7
• 2
• 4
• 9

Which number represents the Atlantic Ocean?

• 7
• 2
• 4
• 9