Vocabulary Quiz: Earth's Ocean

🌊 Dive into the deep! What do we call the vast, flat expanses on the ocean floor, blanketed in thick layers of sediment? 🌊

• Abyssal plain

• Continental shelf

• Seamount

• Trench

🌊 Dive into the depths! Which term describes the mysterious underwater mountain range that emerges as tectonic plates drift apart? 🌍

• Seamount

• Trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Continental rise

🌊 Dive into the deep! What's the name of that thrilling slope connecting the continental shelf to the mysterious ocean floor?

• Continental slope

• Continental rise

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

🌊 Dive into the ocean's mysteries! Which of these is a deep, shadowy crevice on the ocean floor, often created when one tectonic plate decides to slide beneath another? 🌍

• Abyssal plain

• Trench

• Continental shelf

• Mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

🌊 Dive into the deep! What's the name of the gentle slope at the base of the continental slope, where the ocean floor begins to level out?

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

🌊 Dive into the deep! Which mysterious underwater feature is a mountain that doesn't quite reach the ocean's surface?

• Continental slope

• Seamount

• Trench

• Continental shelf

🌊 Dive into the ocean's secrets! What do we call the shallow, gently sloping area that stretches from the edge of a continent into the ocean? 🌍

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

Ahoy, matey! Can you navigate through this question? Which term describes the movement of water in a specific direction over a vast oceanic expanse?

• Basin

• Current

• Trench

• Seamount

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

🌊 Dive into the deep! What's the name for the ocean's lowest layer, nestled between towering ridges and mysterious trenches?

• Continental shelf

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

• Continental rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

🌊 Dive into the deep! Which term captures the vast expanse of the ocean's floor, with all its intriguing features like plains, ridges, and mysterious trenches?

• Basin

• Current

• Continental shelf

• Seamount