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