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Area between the shoreline and the continental slope
a) Continental Slope
b) Continental Shelf
c) Continental Rise
d) Abyssal Plain

Area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor
a) Abyssal Plain
b) Continental Slope
c) Continental Shelf
d) Continental Rise

Base of the continental slope
a) Continental Rise
b) Continental Slope
c) Continental Shelf
d) Abyssal Plain

Broad, flat part of the deep ocean basin
a) Abyssal Plain
b) Continental Slope
c) Continental Shelf
d) Continental Rise

Mountain chain on the ocean floor
a) Mid-ocean Ridge
b) Seamount
c) Island
d) Trench

Volcanic mountain on the ocean floor
a) Seamount
b) Island
c) Trench
d) Mid-ocean Ridge

Huge crack in the ocean floor
a) Seamount
b) Island
c) Mid-ocean Ridge
d) Trench

With sonar what happen to the sound pulses after they hit the ocean floor
a) They stop
b) The bounce back to the ship
c) They are absorbed into the mud
d) They get louder

The longer it takes sound to return to a ship...
a) The louder the sound becomes
b) The weaker the sound becomes
c) The closer the ocean floor is in that spot
d) The deeper the ocean floor is in that spot

To study the ocean floor, scientists use ...
a) scuba divers
b) telescopes
c) underwater artists
d) satellites

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