parts of ocean floor Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
A long, narrow depression on the ocean floor. | Trench |
Flat-topped seamounts | Guyots |
Underwater mountains caused by volcanic eruptions | Seamounts |
Mountain chains created when earthquakes occurred under the ocean floor | Mid-ocean ridges |
A flat area on the deep ocean floor | Abyssal plain |
Where the land under the sea drops all the way to the ocean floor | Continental slope |
The part of the continent that stretches into the ocean | Continental shelf |
The part of the ocean floor where sediments collect after they have eroded from the slope. | Continental rise |
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rblake@lcs.k12.va.us
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