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Mr. D's Ocean Floor Features Challenge

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is letter C?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Continental Shelf

c)

Continental Slope

d)

Abyssal Plain

2.

What is letter D?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Volcanic Island

d)

Seamount

3.

What is letter E?

a)

Volcanic Island

b)

Seamount

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Abyssal Plain

4.

What is letter A?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Seamount

d)

Abyssal Plain

5.

What is letter G?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift

c)

Trench

d)

Continental Shelf

6.

What letter is B?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Seamount

7.
The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
trench
8.
Seamount is similiar to...
a)
a volcanic island
b)
a small mountain or volcano
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The Grand Canyon
9.
The continental slope is located at the end of the...
a)
shoreline
b)
continental shelf
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
abyssal plain
10.

The shallowest (least deep) part of the ocean is the ____________________

a)

trench

b)

abyssal plain

c)

continental shelf

d)

continental slope

11.

The deepest parts of the ocean are called...

a)

trenches

b)

abyssal plain

c)

ocean basin

d)

rift

12.
What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?
a)
A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not
b)
A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not
c)
Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater
d)
Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water
13.

Which letter is pointing to a trench?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

G

d)

B

14.

Which letter is pointing to a volcanic island?

a)

G

b)

F

c)

A

d)

E

15.

What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

a)

trench

b)

rift valley

c)

seamount

d)

mid ocean ridge

16.
What are underwater mountain ranges called?
a)
continental shelf
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
abyssal plains
d)
continental slopes
17.

The flattest area of the ocean is known as the _________________________.

a)

Rift Zone

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Mid-ocean Ridge

d)

Subduction Zone

18.

Which gently sloping part of the ocean floor are you walking when you are playing in the ocean?

a)

Ocean Trench

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Continental Slope

d)

Continental Shelf

19.
An ocean trench is similar to which continental landform?
a)
rift valley
b)
rift zone
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
20.

A deep valley that runs along the middle of a mid-ocean ridge

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Continental Slope

21.

The area where plates are pushed apart by magma

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Continental Slope

22.

Steeply sloping part of the continent that extends to the ocean floor.

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Abyssal Plain

d)

Rift Valley