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Oceans Quiz
vocabulary you'll need to know for the quiz on ocean floor features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Part of the CONTINENTAL margin (made of continental crust) | CONTINENTAL Shelf CONTINENTAL Slope CONTINENTAL Rise |
| Part of the Deep Ocean Basin (made of oceanic crust) | Abyssal Plain Mid-ocean Ridge Seamount Guyot Ocean Trench |
| Continental Shelf | FLAT part of the continental margin...beach to edge of ocean |
| Continental Slope | Steeply slanted part between the shelf and the rise |
| Continental Rise | at the bottom of the slope |
| Abyssal Plain | FLAT, almost level bottom of the ocean |
| Mid-ocean Ridge | underwater mountain range formed from seafloor spreading |
| Seamount | single, submerged inactive volcano (underwater single mountain) |
| Guyot (Gee-Ot) | flat-topped seamount |
| Ocean Trench | deepest part of the ocean steep, underwater canyon formed by subduction zone |