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1) What is topography of the ocean?
The surface features of the ocean floor.
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2) What is the Continental Shelf?
Slopes gently down from the edge of a continent.
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Continental Shelf Continental Shelf
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3) What is the Continental Slope?
Slopes steeply from the continental shelf
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Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Continental Slope
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4) What is the Continental Rise?
The base of the continental slope - made of large piles of sediment.
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Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Continental Rise Continental Slope
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5) What is a Submarine Canyon?
Steep V shaped canyon that cuts through the continental shelf and continental slope
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Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Continental Rise Continental Slope
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6) What is an Abyssal Plain?
Flat ocean bottom covered with mud and the remains of marine organisms
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Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope
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7) What is a Seamount? Steep-walled, pointy, extinct volcano
The seamount’s shown here can reach up to just under 600 ft. of the surface. They are located off the coast of Alaska.
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Seamount Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope
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8) What is a Guyot? Flat topped seamount - flattened by the action of waves
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Seamount Guyot Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope
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9) What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Longest undersea mountain range Occurs at divergent boundaries
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Seamount Mid-Ocean Ridge Guyot Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope
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Oceanic Ridges
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10) What is a Rift Valley? Deep valley that forms between the mountains of a mid-ocean ridge
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Seamount Mid-Ocean Ridge Guyot Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope Rift Valley
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11) What is a Trench? Steep sided narrow cut in the sea floor
Deepest part of the ocean (Mariana Trench) Formed from convergent plate boundaries
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Seamount Mid-Ocean Ridge Guyot Continental Shelf Continental Shelf Submarine Canyon Abyssal Plain Continental Rise Continental Slope Rift Valley Trench
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