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What features are found on land and on the ocean floor?

What connects the continents with the ocean floor?

Earth's Ocean Features

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1
What connects the continents with the ocean floor?
continental slope
continental shelf
mid-ocean ridges
continental rise
2
What features are found on land and on the ocean floor?
plains and continental rise
continental shelf and mountains
valleys, plains and mountains
plateaus, plains and slopes
3
What is a tributary?
falling water
a body of water surrounded by land
where river water and ocean water meet
a small river or stream
4
Mountain ranges that run through the middle of some oceans are called what?
abyssal plains
mid-ccean ridges
rift valleys
continental slopes
5
How are the continental shelf and continental slope related?
The continental slope is the start of the continental shelf.
The continental shelf & continental slope are the same.
The continental slope and the continental shelf are flat.
The continental shelf ends at the continental slope.
6
How do scientists observe the ocean floor
scuba diving
underwater vehicles
boats
satelites
7
Bonus: What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean?
Marianas Trench
Markitas Trench
Deep Valley
Death Valley
8
What is the deepest part of the ocean floor called?
trenches
rift valley
seamount
abyssal plain
9
Which is NOT a landform?
plateau
continent
valley
mountain
10
Which ocean-floor feature is flat?
continental shelf
abyssal plains
mid-ocean ridges
underwater trenches