WorksheetsGeology of Ocean Floor
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A small elevated landform that rises from the great depths of the ocean
Seamount
Ocean Floor
Abyssal Hill
Guyot
A large submerged volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor
Seamount
Ocean Floor
Abyssal Hill
Guyot
A submerged volcanic mountain with a flat top
Seamount
Ocean Floor
Abyssal Hill
Guyot
Long narrow, steep-sided depressions found on the ocean floor
Ocean floor
Ocean trench
Continental rise
Continental slope
A shallow, gently sloping part of the continental crust
Seamount
Continental rise
Continental shelf
Continental slope
A feature that extends from the continental shelf
Continental rise
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Mid-Ocean ridges
Hot molten rock
Guyot
Magma
Ridges
Seamount
A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
Ocean trenches
Continental rise
Continental Shelf
Mid-ocean ridges
Formed by emerging accumulated deposits at the mounts of many submarine canyons
Ocean trenches
Continental rise
Continental Shelf
Mid-ocean ridges
Found at the base of the continental rise in water
Ocean floor
Ocean trenches
Continental rise
Continental shelf
