Ocean Floor Landforms

Question 1

This mountain range is similar to which oceanic land form?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Question 2

This low land between hills and mountains is similar to what oceanic landform?

Accepted Answer

rift valley zone

Question 3

Where would the magma likely to erupt?

Accepted Answer

in the rift valley zone

Question 4

What is located on either side of the Mid-ocean ridge with low hills and is also flat & smooth?

Accepted Answer

ocean basin

Question 5

Wide and flat areas of land like the Great American Plains are called _____ in the ocean.

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Question 6

Which letter identify seamounts?

Accepted Answer

B & E

Question 7

If D identifies the Mid-Ocean Ridge what would be in the center where lava builds up mountains?

Accepted Answer

rift valley zone

Question 8

What is letter C pointing to?

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Question 9

Which letter identifies a trench?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 10

What is A pointing to?

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Question 11

Which letter identifies the continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 12

An opening in the surface from which lava flows is a volcano on land and a ______ in the ocean

Accepted Answer

seamount

Question 13

The steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the ocean floor is...

Accepted Answer

the continental slope

Question 14

A deep valley with high steep sides is called a canyon on land and a _____ in the ocean.

Accepted Answer

trench

Question 15

Bonus: Which is longer?

Accepted Answer

Mariana Trench

Question 16

The deepest part of the ocean basin and deeper than any valley found on land

Accepted Answer

trenches

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