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1 Begins at shoreline and slopes gently down
2 Begins at the edge of the shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor
3 The base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment
4 Volcanic mountains that have broken the surface of the water.
5 The broad, flat part of the deep-ocean basin, covered with thick sediment.
6 Mountain chains that form when tectonic plates pull apart. Creates cracks in the ocean floor called RIFT ZONES
7 deep undersea valley at mid-ocean ridge
8 Individual mountains of volcanic material that have not broken the surface of the water.
9 deep canyons caused at subduction zones
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