Made of continental crust- Shallower than the deep-ocean basin
Individual mountains of volcanic material
Begins at the edge of the shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor
The base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment
Begins at shoreline and slopes gently down
Huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin
Made of oceanic Crust- deeper than the continental margin
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
Mountain chains that form when tectonic plates pull apart. Creates cracks in the ocean floor called RIFT ZONES
is the Study of the shape and features of Land surfaces
Ocean Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Deep-ocean basin
Continental rise
Continental slope
Continental Shelf
Topography
Seamount
Continental margin
Sonar
