WorksheetsOcean floor
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Continental Shelf definition:
An opening on the ocean floor where mineral rich water escape
A large flat area on the open floor
Shallow underwater ledge found at the edge of a continent
Flat topped underwater mountains
Abyssal plain definition:
A large flat area on the ocean floor
flat topped underwater mountains
Separates continental slope from ocean bottom
Trench definition:
A deep slope between continental shelf and sea floor.
Narrow channel more then 2 miles deep found along the margins of continents
A large flat area on the ocean floor
Rift Valley
Opening in the oceanic crust where magma escapes and forms a new crust, can be a mile deeper than the surrounding ridge.
flat topped underwater mountains
Underwater mountains that number in the thousands and formed from vocanos
Guyot
A large flat area on the ocean floor
Flat topped underwater mountains
A wide ocean mountain range with steep valleys at the center found in the Atlantic ocean
Seamount
Underwater mountains that number in thousands and formed from volcanoes
An opening on the ocean floor where rich mineral escapes
Continental slope
A deep slope between continental shelf and see floor.
A large flat area on the ocean floor
Flat topped underwater mountains.
Hydrothermal Vent
A opening on the ocean floor where rich mineral escapes.
Separates continental slope from ocean bottom
Shallow underwater ledge found at the edge of the continent.
Continental Rise
Separates continental rise from ocean bottom
A wide ocean mountain range with steep valleys at the center found in the Atlantic ocean.
A large flat area on the ocean floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Underwater mountains that number in thousands and formed by volcanos
A wide ocean mountain range with steep valleys at the center found in the Atlantic ocean.
A large flat area on the ocean floor.
