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WorksheetsThe Ocean Floor
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An Abyssal Plain is similar to...
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
The Grand Canyon
c)
The Great Plains
d)
Hidden Valley
2.
Mid-Ocean Ridge is similiar to ...
a)
Seamount
b)
Wizard Island
c)
Stone Mountain
d)
The Rocky Mountains
3.
A __________ is the area in an ocean basin where new ocean floor is formed
a)
sea mount
b)
continental shelf
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
continental slope
4.
What happens at D
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
sea mount
5.
When we go to beach, we are allowed to go on ____________
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
6.
Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.
a)
Submarine
b)
Sonar
c)
Helicopter
d)
Light
7.
The _________ is the gradually sloping end of a continent that extends under the ocean to 350 m deep.
a)
continental shelf
b)
trench
c)
seamount
d)
abbysal plain
8.
What is a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor?
a)
seamount
b)
trench
c)
continental rise
d)
continental slope
9.
Label E
a)
continental slope
b)
volcanic island
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
10.
Label F
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
11.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by THIS type of plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
12.
mountain ranges in the ocean
a)
mid -ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
rift
d)
ocean basin
13.
a valley found in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge
a)
rift
b)
trenches
c)
abyssal plain
d)
ocean basin
14.
the deepest part of the ocean
a)
trenches
b)
abyssal plain
c)
ocean basin
d)
rift
15.
the deep flat land of the ocean floor
a)
abyssal plain
b)
rift
16.
What is label B
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
Seamount
d)
Abyssal plain
17.
What is label G
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
18.
Label A
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
19.
Label C
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
20.
Seamount is similiar to...
a)
a volcanic island
b)
a small mountain or volcano
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The Grand Canyon
21.
Rift is similiar to ...
a)
A hole
b)
A divide
c)
A valley
d)
A trench
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