OCEAN LANDFORMS STUDY GUIDE
Abyssal
Plains
smooth, flat part of the ocean floor
Rift Valley
valleys in between the mountains in
the mid-ocean ridge
Continental
Shelf
the edge of continents under
the water
Continental
Slope
connects the shelf to the ocean floor
Guyot
flat-topped sea mount
Mid-Ocean
Ridge
chain of mountains formed at the
divergent boundary
Ocean
Trench
deep, narrow cut in the ocean floor
formed at subduction zones
Seamount
underwater volcano/mountain
Label the parts of the ocean floor on the
diagram below.
A= Submarine Cayon (Not Required)
B=Continental Slope
C=Seamount
D=Mid-Ocean ridge
E=Volcanic Island
F=Continental Shelf
G=Guyot
H=Ocean Trench
I=Abyssal Plain
K=Continental Rise
L=Shore
Bonus 5 Points-make flash cards with definition and word on one side of
card, and draw a pic of the landform on the other.