Matching Pairs Ocean Floor Matching Online version Students will match vocab with their terms by Bethaney Barber 1 is the Study of the shape and features of Land surfaces 2 The base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment 3 Huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin 4 Individual mountains of volcanic material 5 Made of continental crust- Shallower than the deep-ocean basin 6 Mountain chains that form when tectonic plates pull apart. Creates cracks in the ocean floor called RIFT ZONES 7 Begins at the edge of the shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor 8 Begins at shoreline and slopes gently down 9 Made of oceanic Crust- deeper than the continental margin 10 Sound Navigation and ranging Scientists send sound pulses from a ship to the bottom of the ocean floor The sound moves through the water, bounces off ocean floor and returns to ship Continental Shelf Sonar Continental margin Topography Ocean Trench Seamount Deep-ocean basin Continental slope Continental rise Mid-ocean ridge
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