Bathymetry

Which features can lead to the formation of volcanoes? (Check ALL that apply!!)

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Hot Spots

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which of the following plate boundaries is involved in trench formation?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

How is the water in a hydrothermal vent heated?

• Magma

• Friction

• Convection

• Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

New seafloor is created here

• Deep ocean trench
• subduction zone
• mid-ocean ridge
• marine canyon

Deepest spot in the ocean

• Monterey Canyon
• Mariana Trench
• Puerto Rico Trench
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What seafloor feature is marked with the letter G?

• Mid-ocean ridge
• submarine canyon
• abyssal plain
• deep ocean trench

Continental shelf

• Leftover from Pangaea
• Part of the continent that is covered by shallow ocean.
• Giant landslides
• Huge underwater canyons

Continental slope

• Mountains near the coast
• Underwater mountains
• A continent that is covered by an ocean
• Edge of a continental shelf that plunges steeply down to great depth

Continental crust is made of what?

• Basalt

• Granite

• Dirt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the continental shelf typically made of?

• Accumulated oceanic sediments

• Basalt

• Accumulated continental sediment