Oceanography

Question 1

Bathymetry

Answer 1

Study of underwater depth of ocean floors

Question 2

Bathemetric festures

Answer 2

Continental margin
Ocean-basin floor
Deep-sea trenches
Mid-ocean trenches
Abyssal plain

Question 3

Continental margin

Answer 3

Shallow water area found in proximity to continents. 3 features continential rise, continental slope and the continental shelf.

Question 4

Ocean-basin floor

Answer 4

Features include abyssal hills, seamounts and guyots

Question 5

Deep-sea trench

Answer 5

Form in locations where one tectonic plate subducts under another forming a long narrow depression on the ocean floor

Question 6

Mid-ocean ridge

Answer 6

Underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics lifting the ocean floor

Question 7

Abyssal plain

Answer 7

Underwater plain on the deep ocean floor (usually depths 3000-6000m and between the foot of a continental rise and mid-ocean ridge

Question 8

Guyot

Answer 8

Underwater tablemount, isolated underwater volcanic mountain with flat top

Question 9

Continental rise

Answer 9

Sediment underwater feature found between the continental slop and abyssal plain.

Question 10

Seamount

Answer 10

Large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor but does not reach the surfact to form an island.