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The Ocean Floor.

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1 The Ocean Floor

2 Bathymetry/Topography
The study of the ocean floor.

3 Label the pic below in your notes:

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5 Shoreline The edge of ocean water on land.

6 Continental Shelf Gradual sloping land from the shoreline to the continental slope. Extends out into water about 200 km, average depth of 100m Largest diversity of marine life found here

7 Continental Slope Where the edge of the continental land drops off in a steep slope.

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9 Abyssal Plain Flat, nearly level area of the ocean floor.

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11 Trench A narrow, very deep valley in ocean floor.
Most in Pacific Ocean Largest is Marine Trench at depth of 11km

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22 Ridge An underwater mountain range.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge has mountain peaks that reach over 3000m from the ocean floor.

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24 Rift A valley in the middle of a ridge. Rift

25 Seamount An extinct volcano. It may occur alone or grouped together.

26 Guyot A flat topped seamount.

27 Island An underwater mountain that extends out of the water.


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