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ocean floor
Ocean floor vocab
Question | Answer |
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The extension of the continental shelf crust under the ocean is the... | continental shelf |
A steep drop off at the edge of the continental shelf is... | continental slope |
which is are areas of higher elevation that extend the length of the spreading in plate boundary. | mid-ocean ridges |
A rift zone is the notch, or valley , between the edges of the plate at spreading plate boundary. | Rift zone |
An ocean trench is a deep valley that form when an ocean plates. | oecan trench |
ocean basins are the area located between the edges of the oceanic crust and a mid-ocean ridge | ocean basins |