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The older the oceanic crust, the ____ the sediments that sit atop it.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
These are underwater mountains that are volcanic in origin.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
Crust is destroyed at ____.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
Crust is created at ______.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
This is the wide, flat, sediment-covered part of the ocean floor.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
This is a seamount that has grown above sea level, then eroded and weathered flat by waves at its top--eventually carried deeper and submerged by plate movement
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
A gap in the ocean floor that results from two plates pulling apart, generally found in the middle of a mid-ocean ridge
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
This is the gradually sloping area that extends from the shore out to the continental slope.
thicker
rift valley
seamounts
continental shelf
Abyssal Plain
mid-ocean ridges
guyot
mid-ocean ridges
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