Match The Ocean Floor Feature With The Appropriate Term

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.

Match the ocean floor feature with the appropriate term.

On the sea floor made up of rocks minerals sediments and sand a steep cliff like slope increases water pressure and is where the continent connects with the ocean floor. Very flat part of ocean floor. The three major provinces of the ocean floor are continental margins deep ocean basins and submarine canyons. Abyssal plain very flat part of the ocean floor.

Based on the features of the ocean floor in this figure which cross section is the most appropriate match. A very long ditch in the ocean floor characteristic. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. It is the bottom of the ocean when you dive.

A mountain located on the ocean floor. Site of seafloor spreading seamount definition. Underwater on the sea floor that are made up of magma and run all around the ocean. The ocean floor is literally the floor of the ocean.

The ocean floor feature. What ocean floor feature consists of chains of individual volcanoes. Narrow and deep valleys on continental slopes. The prominent sea floor feature found in the central atlantic ocean is called the mid atlantic ridge.

Seamount near the continental margin. Match the name for each feature using the choices provided. 100 3 ratings for this solution. All you choices are matched with their characteristics the rift zone is the site of seafloor spreading.

A generally flat zone extending from the shore to the shelf break. B a continuous belt of active undersea volcanoes extending through the major ocean basins which forms the most continuous mountain range on earth. Match term definition sea mount submarine canyon continental shelf mid ocean ridge abyssal plain a a very flat region of seafloor extending out from shoreline to a water depth of 130 150 meters. Ocean trench underwater volcano.

Not too many people have gone to the floor of the ocean as it requires special diving equipment. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. Match the term with the appropriate phrase. Below is a virtual ocean with several features depicted on the ocean floor.