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Question 0

Seamount

Answer 0

Large active or inactive volcano that is entirely below the sea surface

Question 1

Continental margin

Answer 1

Submerged outer edge of the continent

Question 2

Deep ocean floor

Answer 2

Topographically varies with many ridges and hills

Question 3

Sea surface

Answer 3

Mounts of water over undersea mountains or ridges

Question 4

Bathymetry

Answer 4

Discovery and study of ocean floor contours

Question 5

Turbidity currents produce

Answer 5

Submarine canyons

Question 6

Guyors

Answer 6

Flat topped seamounts that were once tall enough to approach or penetrate the sea surface

Question 7

Atlantic type margins are

Answer 7

Passive. Continental margins facing the edges of diverging plates.

Question 8

Pacific type margins are

Answer 8

Active. Continental margins near the edges of converging plates have active volcano activity.

Question 9

Passive margins are

Answer 9

Continental margins facing diverging plates. No earthquake or volcano activity

Question 10

A passive margin continental shelf has a

Answer 10

Very gradual slope because it is covered with sediment from the continent.

Question 11

During ice ages, sea levels

Answer 11

Falls

Question 12

The width of a continental shelf is a balance between

Answer 12

Proximity to a plate boundary and marine processes

Question 13

With distance from the spreading ridge oceanic lithosphere becomes

Answer 13

Older and it subsides