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Features of the Ocean Floor
Features of the Ocean Floor
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Sixth grade science
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A gouge in the continental margin, is called:
Trench
Guyot
Valley
Canyon
2
Scientists use sonar to
Sonar is not real
Look for fish
map the ocean floor
Measure surface currents
3
During World War 2, restaurants offered ship builders, a new kind of sandwich
Stromboli
None of these choices
Hamburger
Submarine
4
A trench can only be found
Shoreline
Ocean floor
Guyot
In the continental margin
5
The ocean floor is primarily made, of:
Granite
Gold
Diamonds
Basalt
6
The underwater part of a continent, is called:
Margin
Floor
None of these choices
Armstrong
7
An underwater mountain, is called:
Guyot
Seamount
Plateau
Ridge
8
A series of underwater mountain ranges, are called:
Abyssal plains
Canyons
Mid-ocean ridges
Trenches
9
The large flat area on the ocean floor, are called:
Fertile Cresent
Pampas
Abyssal plains
Steppes
10
Why does a hurricane, spin?
El Nino
None of these choices
Coriolis Effect
Shoreline
11
Coral reefs form in ...
Icy cold polar regions
On land near deserts
None of the above
Shallow and tropical waters
12
Challenger Deep is a feature of
Poseidon's trident
Pangaea
The Mariana Trench
Trieste
13
The suffix (-logy), means
None of the choices
Loggers unite
Description of
Study of
14
The correct title for an ocean researcher, is:
Oceanologist
Oceanographer
15
A crack on the ocean floor, is called:
Trench
Guyot
Ridge
Canyon
16
A river in the ocean, is
The Coriolis Effect
El Nino
A current
None of the choices
17
The cliff part of the margin is called:
Rise
Shelf
Shoreline
Slope
18
The ocean floor falls into a trench, in order to. . .
make a seamount
I don't know
be recycled
Fill in the trench
19
Where the water meets the land, is called:
Guyot
Shoreline
Coriolis effect
Tide
20
The pushing of deep, cold ocean water onto coastal areas, is called:
Mariana's Trench
The tide
None of the choices
El Nino
21
An underwater, flat-topped mountain, is called:
Guyot
Trench
Seamount
Ridge
22
The continental shelf, is:
Not a thing
A slightly slanted flat table
A cliff at the end of the margin
The end of the ocean floor
23
The continental rise
Marks the end of the continent
Shoreline
A home for sharks
A place for salt
24
Where is life most abundant, in the ocean?
Guyots
Abyssal plains
Continental shelf
Continental Rise
25
Mid-ocean ridges, and rift valleys, are examples of:
Seamount
A submarine canyon
Trench
Sea floor spreading