WorksheetsOcean Formation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
trench
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
continental slope
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
abyssal plain
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
continental shelf
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
continental rise
A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor.
the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?
None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent
What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?
Deep oceanic trenches
Mountain Ranges
Coastal Volcanic Mountains
Both mountains and volcanoes
Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.
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