Mini-Book: What Lies Beneath, SOL 5.6
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abyssal plain
The true ocean floor
continental shelf
The border of the
continent that is below the
water and slopes
gradually away from the
shoreline
continental slope
The steep slope down to
the ocean floor
continental rise
The transition area where
the continent ends and
the ocean floor begins
Mini-Book: What Lies Beneath, SOL 5.6
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ocean trench
Deep cuts in the ocean
floor found near the
abyssal plain
abyssal plain
continental shelf
continental slope
Mini-Book: What Lies Beneath, SOL 5.6
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continental rise
ocean trench
Grade 5: Oceans
SOL 5.6
Image Credits
Oceanic Spreading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_spreading.svg. Surachit (2007). Retrieved June
30, 2011 from Wikipedia.org.
Ocean Floor Diagrams from FCPS Grade 5 Science Oceans Unit Lesson 1
Credits
This instructional support material was created as a result of a summer curriculum project in 2011, based on
work created by Carmon Golden. It has been produced under the supervision of Karen Hensley, ESOL
Specialist, Jodi Hepner, Elementary Science Specialist, and Stephanie Roche, Elementary Science Specialist.
The members of the curriculum team were Jennyfer Cowan, Stephanie Fields, Heather Henisee, Meredith
Leech, Jennifer Loach, Christina Russell, Katie Seidel.
©Fairfax County Public Schools, 2011