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Ande Earth Features
Earth Features vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abyssal plain | a deep, flat part of the ocean floor, thousands of kilometers wide |
| coast | land that borders the ocean |
| continent | a great area of land |
| continental shelf | a plateau under the ocean at the edge of a continent |
| core | the deepest and hottest layer of Earth |
| crust | Earth's thin outer layer |
| island | land with water all around it |
| mantle | the layer immediately below Earth's crust |
| ocean | a large body of salt water |
| trench | a canyon that is the deepest part of the ocean floor |
| plateau | land that is flat on top and higher than the land around it |
| canyon | deep narrow valley with steep sides |