Ocean Floor Features
Flat featureless area of ocean floor
Abyssal Plain
A weighted rope used to measure distance
Sounding Line
Name the area in which you would go swimming and fishing. (begins with a N)
Neritic
Name of the deepest trench?
Mariana Trench
The extension of the continent underwater
What is the continental shelf.
The name of the submarine used to explore the Mariana Trench.
Alvin
List the five oceans from smallest to largest
Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
Why would water at the surface of the ocean be warmer than water at the bottom of the ocean?
What is it receives more sunlight.
What ocean is the Mariana trench located in?
Pacific
The underwater mountain chain where tectonic plates diverge
mid ocean ridge
Sends a signal down that bounces off the ocean floor and gives an accurate depiction of the ocean floor.
sonar
This zone has the most bioluminscent organisms. (must name both names)
twllight/disphotic
What country is the Mariana Trench near?
China, Japan
Flat topped seamounts
Guyots.
Name of the submersible suit first used
the Jim Suit
Name the three parts of the continental margin in order.
Shelf, slope, rise
How deep is the Mariana Trench?
36,000 feet 7 miles
Area where tectonic plates converge and form a valley
Trench
What is the name of the deepest part of the Mariana Trench?
The Challenger Deep
Name the warmest ocean and why it is the warmest.
Indian because it is near the equator.
Name the zones from land to ocean in order. (tide zones)
supratidal, intertidal, subtidal.
Name one person who has explored the Mariana Trench.
Jacque Piccard, Don Wolf, James Cameron