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Science(Gambrell)
Landforms as Ocean (Lesson 1-3)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the continental shelf | extension of the continental crust under water |
| What is the continental slope | The steep drop off at the edge of the continental shelf. |
| What is the mid-ocean ridge | a long chain of volcanic mountains found at the edge of plates |
| what is the rift zone | A notch,or valley, between the edges of the plates at the spreading boundary |
| what is an ocean trench | A deep valley that forms when one ocean plate moves below another plate |
| what is an ocean basin | are the areas located between the edge of the oceanic crust and mid ocean ridge |
| what is the continental landform and the oceanic landform | Continental landform: landforms that form on the continent(land) oceanic landform: landforms that form in the ocean(underwater) |