Ocean Floor

Question 1

Sediments separating continental slope from the ocean floor

Answer 1

Continental rise

Question 2

Deep V- shaped valleys cut through continental shelf and continental slope

Answer 2

Submarine canyon

Question 3

Area where continent’s underwater edge meets the ocean floor and consists of three parts; the shelf, the slope, and the rise

Answer 3

Continental margin

Question 4

Water that carries large amounts of sediment

Answer 4

Turbidity currents

Question 5

Boundary between continent’s crust and ocean floor’s crust

Answer 5

Continental slope

Question 6

A description of the shape of the ocean floor - its characteristics and major features

Answer 6

Topography

Question 7

The boundary where land meets the ocean

Answer 7

Shoreline

Question 8

Small pieces of rocks and remains of plants and animals washed down from the continent

Answer 8

Sediments

Question 9

Relatively flat part of the continental margin covered by shallow ocean water

Answer 9

Continental shelf

Question 10

Flat large area on the ocean floor

Answer 10

Abyssal plains

Question 11

Individual underwater mountains that rise up from the ocean floor and are characterized by steep sides and narrow tops ( summits)

Answer 11

Seamounts

Question 12

Individual underwater mountains that rise up from the ocean floor, but are flat- topped and do not have summits

Answer 12

Guyots

Question 13

Long narrow crevices found along the edge of the ocean floor

Answer 13

Trenches

Question 14

Large, underwater mountain ranges formed by molten material deep within the Earth

Answer 14

Midocean ridges

Question 15

Running along the middle and almost parallel to underwater mountain ranges are deep crevices about a mile wide

Answer 15

Rift valleys

Question 16

Sometimes unusual- looking volcanic islands can be seen tropical waters near a continental shelf. Surrounding these islands offshore are are large masses masses of limestone rocks that contain the shells of animals. These structures can only be found in warm, tropical waters near the surface, because it needs light.

Answer 16

Reefs

Question 17

Limestone structures that surround a tropical island, but is separated from the island by a lagoon

Answer 17

Barrier reefs

Question 18

Limestone structures that surround a tropical island, that touch the islands shoreline

Answer 18

Fringing reefs

Question 19

Limestone structures that surround what used to be a tropical island, but the island has since sunken or has been eroded away

Answer 19

Atoll

Question 20

Resources that can be found in a continental shelf area

Answer 20

Large deposits of minerals

Oil

Natural gas

Many fish and seashells

Question 21

Name given to currents that flow down a continental slope carrying sediments and remains of plants and animals

Answer 21

Turbidity currents