Ocean Floor

Which of the following is the shallow part of the ocean floor near the shore where marine life lives?

• continental rise

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• trench

The steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf is the...

• continental slope

• continental rise

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

The deepest parts of the ocean are...

• continental shelf

• abyssal plains

• continental slopes

• trenches

Where the continent ends and the ocean begins is called the...

• continental shelp

• continental rise

• continental slope

• trenches

The flat surface on the ocean floor is called...

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plains

• continental rise

Which area is made from sediments that fall down the slope and collects at the bottom of the slope?

• Contiental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Sea Mount

Located by the border of the continent, flat land that gradually extends into the water. It is also the most shallow.

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Trench

• Continental Rise

Abyssal Plain can be described with what two words?

• Flat

• Deep in the ocean

• Steep Slope

• Trench

Organisms that need lots of sunlight will most likely be in what ocean geological freature?

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Trench

• Abyssal Plain

Organisms that need lots of sunlight will most likely be in what ocean geological freature?

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Trench

• Abyssal Plain

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