Flashcards - Module 12 - Lesson 3 - Shoreline Features

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Average depth of a continental shelf

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130 meters

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Diagram of a continental margin

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Illustration of a continental margin with labeled features.

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Ocean basins represent about 60 percent of Earth’s surface.

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True

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Ocean basins contain some of Earth’s most interesting topography.

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True

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Abyssal plains are the flattest parts of the ocean floor.

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True

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Submarine canyons are cut by ?

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Turbidity currents .

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An undersea mountain with a flat top

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A guyot

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Deepest part of the oceans?

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Deep sea trenches

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The area in which sediment is deposited along the shore

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Beach

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An isolated rock tower or similar erosional remnant left on a wave-cut platform

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Sea stack