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Ocean Floor Study Guide
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Be able to draw and label a diagram of the ocean floor (like we did in notes). Practice on
the back of this study guide!
Canyon
rise
Seamount
Plains
trench
abyssal
Pacific
landforms
shelf
70%
slope
mountains
Marianas
Words may be used more than once!!!
1. ______________ of the Earth is covered by oceans.
2. If you could walk across the ocean floor, you would see ___________________, just like
you would on land.
3. A valley or canyon at the bottom of the ocean is called a ___________________.
4. The deepest ocean trench is located in the _______________________Ocean.
5. The name of the deepest trench is the ______________________trench. It is even bigger
than the Grand Canyon!
6. A _________________________is a landform on land that is similar to an ocean trench.
7. The Continental ________________________is the first part of the Continent under
water. When you play in the water at the beach you are standing on this!
8. A ____________________is found on the abyssal plain and is formed by erupting
volcanoes.
9. The ______________________Plain is the flat floor of the ocean.
10. The Continental _____________________is a curve at the bottom of the Continental
Slope and touched the ocean floor.
11. The Continental ______________________goes steeply down, almost to the bottom of
the ocean floor.
12. You will find sand, mud, and rocks on the Continental _____________________, the
Continental ______________________, and the ____________________Plain.