Ocean Floor Technology
ROV stands for
What is Remotely Operated Vehicle?
It is one of the theories for Origin of Life on Earth, that started under the ocean
What is the Hydrothermal Vent?
The shallowest part of the continental margin is
What is the Continental Shelf?
AUV is
What is autonomous underwater vehicle
Which of these features has a flat top?
What is a Guyot?
Area where edges of continent meet the ocean is
What is Continental Margin?
These orbit Earth, and can view the ocean floor from space
What are satellites?
The Abyssal Plain is:
What is the smooth, flat part of the sea floor?
This feature is a chain of underwater mountains that run throughout the ocean basin
What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
These are used to send out pulses of sound to see the ocean floor
What is Sonar?
A steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the slope
What is the submarine canyon?
A basaltic submerged volcano. Has a pointy top
What is the seamount?
Humans entering the ocean without help from any devices is called what:
What is Diving?
A gently sloping accumulation (build up) of sediments
What is the Continental Rise?
The deepest part of the ocean
What is the Trench?