Ocean Exp and Floor Quiz

Imagine exploring the vast ocean and encountering a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor. What is this feature called?

• trench

• seamount

• guyot

• abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A deep undersea valley located along the center of the mid- ocean ridge

• guyot

• seamount

• continental shelf

• rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of a flat-topped seamount?

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

• guyot

• rift

the natural and artificial features existing on the ocean floor

• seamount

• continental shelf

• sonar

• ocean floor topography

Imagine you are an oceanographer studying vast underwater landscapes. Which term best describes a smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor?

• abyssal plain

• guyot

• rift

• mid-ocean ridge

During a naval operation, what technology is used to emit sound waves to detect and determine the location, size, and relative motion of submarines underwater?

• ocean floor topography

• sonar

• seamount

• continental slope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

the steep slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor

• continental shelf

• guyot

• continental slope

• trench

Imagine you are an explorer diving into the depths of the ocean. You are currently swimming along the underwater edge of a continent. What is this area called?

• continental slope

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount

• guyot

• abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The bottom of the ocean that has low hills and plains.

• Ocean Basin
• Continental Slope
• Trench
• Continental Shelf