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Question	Answer
continental landmass	large land area rising above the ocean level
continental slope	sharp drop-off going down to the ocean bottom
mid-ocean ridge	huge underwater chain of mountains
seamount	submerged volcano rising up from the sea floor
island	peak of an undersea mountain which shows through the surface
guyot	old and worn, flat-topped seamount, always under water
continental shelf	gently sloping extension of he land mass, covered by a few hundred feet of ocean
abyssal plain	large, very flat area on the ocean floor
rift valley	huge crack in the middle of the undersea mountain chain
trench	deepest parts of the ocean, where a valley is formed by sections of the earth's crust coming together
ocean basin	lower parts of the earth's surface where the oceans are found
ocean floor	bottom of the ocean basin
ooze	organic sediment on the ocean floor
turbidity current	moving water which carries mud and sand down a slope
red clay	non-organic sediment on the ocean floor
submarine canyons	huge cut in the undersea shelf and slope, caused by moving mud and water (underwater landslide)
sediment	sand, gravel, clay and other materials which settle out of the ocean water and cover the ocean floor
plate tectonics	theory that the surface of the earth isnot one solid shell, but is made up of seven huge pieces called plates
oceanography	the study of the ocean
How much of earth is covered by oceans?	70-75 percent
How deep is the ocean floor?	9,000-11,000 feet