Vocabulary
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Short Answer
Extra Vocabulary
100
Crust below the surface of the ocean
Oceanic Crust
100
A large mass of limestone rocks containing the shells of animals is a _____ ______
Coral Reef
100
What is Figure C?
Abyssal Plain
100
What is the difference between the continental crust and the oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the crust above the surface of the ocean.
The oceanic crust is the crust found below the surface of the ocean.
100
Crust found above the surface of the ocean
Continental Crust
200
Long, narrow crevices. The deepest spots on Earth found on the oceanic crust
Trench
200
A deep crevice running along the middle of a mid-ocean ridge is the ___ ____
Rift Valley
200
What is Figure E?
Volcanic Island
200
What is the difference between a seamount and a volcanic island? Give me an example of a volcanic island
A seamount is below the surface of the ocean.
A volcanic island is above the surface of the ocean.
An example of a volcanic island is Hawaii
200
Boundary where land and ocean meet
Shoreline
300
Mountains below the surface of the ocean
Seamount
300
A _______ _______ is a deep V-shaped valley in the continental margin
Submarine Canyon
300
What is Figure G?
Trench
300
What is the deepest spot on the ocean floor?
Marianas Trench
300
Continuous ranges of mountains found on the ocean floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge
400
Seamounts above the surface of the ocean
Volcanic mountain
400
The underwater edge of the continent meets the ocean floor is the ________ ____
Continental Rise
400
What is Figure A?
Continental Slope
400
_____A______ ____B_____ _____C_______
What is A, B, and C?
A. Fringing Reef
B. Atoll Reef
C. Barrier Reef
400
Large, flat area on the ocean floor
Abyssal Plain
500
Gently sloping edge of the continent covered by shallow water
Continental Shelf
500
An underwater mountain with a flat top is a _____
Guyot
500
What if Figure F?
Continental Shelf
500
List 3 parts of the continental margin with a brief description
Continental Shelf: gently sloping edge of the continent covered by shallow water
Continental Slope: steep sloping boundary between the crust of the continent and the crust of the ocean floor
Continental Rise: Underwater edge where the edge of the continents meet the ocean floor
500
Steeply sloping boundary between continent and ocean floor
Continental Slope