CKLA Unit 5
Match the vocabulary terms from Chapter 9 with the correct defintion.
Hydrothermal vents
Seamount
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Ocean Trench
A long underwater mountain range that runs along plate boundaries.
Deep valley along a subduction zone, the seafloor dips down.
A deep-sea geyser that releases incredibly hot water and minerals into the ocean.
Underwater volcano that form when magma is erupting through oceanic crust.
Look at the map on pg. 84. What do the red lines represent?
What is the relationship between a seamount and an island?
Why do you think only three people have traveled to the bottom of the Mariana Trench?