Topography Flashcards
1
Q
Continental rise
A
Piles of sediment at the bee of the slope
2
Q
Continental Slope
A
Steep decent from the continental shelf
3
Q
Continental shelf
A
part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean. That starts at the shoreline
4
Q
Seamounts
A
Under water mountains
5
Q
Guyot
A
flat-topped seamount
6
Q
Abyssal plain
A
a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin covered in mud and tiny marine organisms
7
Q
Mid Ocean Ridge
A
Underwater mountain ranges
8
Q
Rift Valley
A
A lowland in the ground caused by seafloor spreading
9
Q
Volcanic Islands
A
seamounts that reach the surface
10
Q
Atolls
A
Island of coral that encircles a lagoon
