The Ocean Floor

Question	Answer
The gently sloping area of the ocean floor that begins at the continent	Continental Shelf
The steep sloping area that connects the continental shelf to the ocean floor	Continental Slope
The build up of sediment floating down from the continental shelf and continental slope create this gently sloping area	Continental Rise
The flat bottom of the ocean floor	Abyssal Plain
An ocean floor feature that is similar to a canyon on land	Ocean Trench
An underwater mountain	Seamount
The deepest part of the ocean	Ocean Trench
Deepest place on Earth	Marianas Trench
1 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Continental Shelf
2 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Continental Slope
3 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Continental Rise
4 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Ocean Trench
5 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Island
6 Image: Numbered Ocean Floor Diagram (binary/octet-stream)	Seamount

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	Created by Heather Whirley over 6 years ago