Ocean Floor Exploration

The Mariana __________ is the deepest known place on Earth

• Volcanoe

• Seamount

• Ridge

• Trench

Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean?

•  Continental slope – continental shelf- continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•  Continental rise – continental shelf – mid-ocean ridge -  continental slope
•  Continental shelf – continental slope – continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•    Mid-ocean ridge – continental rise – continental shelf- continental slope

What is letter D?

• Cont. Shelf
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Volcanic Island
• Seamount

What is letter E?

• Volcanic Island
• Seamount
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Abyssal Plain

What is letter G?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Rift
• Trench
• Cont. Shelf

The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• trench

Seamount is similiar to...

• a volcanic island
• a small mountain or volcano
• The Great Plains
• The Grand Canyon

The continental slope is located at the end of the...

• shoreline
• continental shelf
• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

The place where new ocean floor forms is called the...

• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain
• trench
• continental shelf

What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?

• A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not
• A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not
• Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater
• Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water