Ocean Topography

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter D?

• Cont. Shelf
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Volcanic Island
• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is letter E?

• Volcanic Island
• Seamount
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

What is letter G?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Rift
• Trench
• Cont. Shelf

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

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

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• trench
• island
• mid-ocean ridge
• seamount

Sand, Mud, and rocks that are found on the ocean floor are called?

• Jet Stream

• Photosynthesis

• Ocean Current

• Sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

• Tectonic plates
• Trenches
• Divergent boundary
• Continental shelves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5