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Ocean Floor Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is letter A pointing to?

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Seamount

c)

Abyssal Plain

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

2.

What is letter B pointing to?

a)

Seamount

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Island

3.

What is letter C pointing to?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Island

d)

Continental Shelf

4.

What is letter D pointing to?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Island

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Trench

5.

What is letter E pointing to?

a)

Island

b)

Continental Shelf

c)

Trench

d)

Continental Slope

6.

What is F pointing to?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Trench

c)

Continental Slope

d)

Seamount

7.

What is letter G pointing to?

a)

Trench

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Seamount

d)

Abyssal Plain

8.

Where does new oceanic crust form?

a)

along a mid-ocean ridge at a rift zone

b)

in an ocean trench

c)

on the continental shelf

d)

on a seamount

9.

What is the correct order of the oceanic landforms, from closest to a continent to farthest away?

a)

ocean basin→mid-ocean ridge→ continental shelf→ continental slope

b)

mid-ocean ridge→ ocean basin→ continental slope→ continental shelf

c)

continental shelf→ continental slope →ocean basin→ mid-ocean ridge

d)

continental slope→ continental shelf→ mid-ocean ridge→ ocean basin

10.

Which continental landform is the most like a trench found on the ocean floor?

a)

valley

b)

mountain

c)

canyon

d)

plain

11.

A mountain range is most like a _______________________________ found on the ocean floor.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

abyssal plain/ocean basin

c)

trench

d)

continental shelf

12.

This oceanic landform is located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. It is made up of low hills and flat plains. The ground here is covered with the remains of dead plants and sea animals. It is ________________.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

trench

c)

abyssal plain/ocean basin

d)

continental slope

13.

When you think of a volcano, you probably think about how they can be very destructive. They are, after all, natural disasters. However, volcanoes can have constructive consequences. One example of volcanoes as a constructive process would be a volcano eruption...

a)

spewing hot lava

b)

forming an island

c)

starting an avalanche

d)

covering the land with ash

14.

The Grand Canyon, as seen here, can be compared to a(n) __________ under the Earth's oceans.

a)

trench

b)

abyssal plain

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

continental shelf

15.

The low lying land between hills or mountains

On land: ?

Oceanic: Rift zone


What term should be used to replace the question mark in the table?

a)

cavern

b)

delta

c)

plateau

d)

valley

16.

Some volcanoes form mountains. Some of these mountains are surrounded on all sides and become islands. Other volcanoes stay submerged under the ocean waters. These submerged volcanoes are called

a)

trench

b)

seamounts

c)

rift zone

d)

continental shelf

17.

In the ocean, what is a landform similar to a valley known as?

a)

It is known as a rift.

b)

It is known as the ocean basin.

c)

It is known as the mid-ocean ridge.

d)

It is known as an underwater valley.

18.

A trench in the center of the highest part of the mid-ocean ridge; new land is formed here

a)

Rift zone

b)

Contiental Slope

c)

Abyssal Plain

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

19.

Where the shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor. The depth of the water increases greatly here.

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Continental Shelf

20.

Located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. It is made up of low hills and flat plains. The ground here is covered with the remains of dead plants and sea animals.

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Trench

21.

An underwater volcanic mountain range on the bottom of the ocean which divides the ocean floor into two parts

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Continental Shelf

c)

Trench

d)

Seamount

22.

Where the edges of the continent slope down from the ocean shore into the ocean. It is the part of the continent located under the water. Abundant fishing is found here.

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Trench

c)

Seamount

d)

Island

23.

Steep-sided canyons and deep, narrow valleys in the bottom of the ocean. They are the deepest part of the ocean basin and deeper than any valley on land.

a)

Trench

b)

Seamount

c)

Island

d)

Rift Zone

24.

An underwater mountain

a)

Seamount

b)

Island

c)

Rift Zone

d)

Continental Slope

25.

An underwater mountain which now reaches above the water level

a)

Island

b)

Seamount

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Trench