Ocean Floor

Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean?

•  Continental slope – continental shelf- continental rise – mid-ocean ridge

•  Continental rise – continental shelf – mid-ocean ridge -  continental slope

•  Continental shelf – continental slope – continental rise – mid-ocean ridge

•    Mid-ocean ridge – continental rise – continental shelf- continental slope

Valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

• Plankton

• Salinity

• Surface Current

• Ocean Trench

Flat, deep, and smooth part of the ocean floor. Cold temperatures are found here.

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Seamounts

Underwater Volcanoes and Mountains?

• Seamounts

• Mountain Ridge

• Coastal Plains

• Abyssal Plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label the parts of the ocean floor.

a

b

c

d

e

continental shelf

continental slope

continental rise

trench

abyssal plain

Label all parts of the ocean floor correctly.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Continental Rise

Abyssal Plain

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Trench

Continental Shelf

Seamount

Continental Slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Number one on the digram represents what ocean floor feature?

• Continental Rise

• Continental Drift

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Use the terms to label each feature of the ocean floor.

c

b

d

a

e

continental slope

continental rise

continental shelf

abyssal plain

trench

Label the Ocean Floor Diagram!

a

b

c

d

Continental Rise

Continental Shelf

Continental Slope

Abyssal Plain

Label the areas of the ocean floor​

a

b

c

d

e

Abyssal Plain

Trench

Continental Rise

Continental Slope

Continental Self

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3