Seafloor features and Plate Tectonics Quiz

Use the vocabulary below to label the seafloor features diagram. Be sure to spell the name of the feature correctly. Each term will be used once.
Utilice el vocabulario a continuación para etiquetar el diagrama de características del lecho marino. Asegúrese de escribir correctamente el nombre de la función. Cada término se utilizará una vez.

Continental Shelf
Trench
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
Seamount
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Submarine Canyon
Guyot
Hydrothermal Vent
Volcanic Island

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Match the term to its description

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Abyssal Plain		The submerged outer edge of a continent; really just an extension of the continental crust, which is composed mostly of granite.

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When two plate move towards each other and collide.

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When two plates move away from each other.

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When two plates slide past each other.

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At transform boundaries,, fault lines are formed and there are a lot of earthquakes.

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Two continental crusts colliding results in volcanic mountains.

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A continental crust colliding with a oceanic crust causes which of the following to occur? Select all that apply.

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When two oceanic plates collide (come together), island arcs are formed.

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At a divergent boundary, underwater volcanic mountains are formed, creating new oceanic crust.

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Abyssal Plain		The submerged outer edge of a continent; really just an extension of the continental crust, which is composed mostly of granite.
Ocean Basin		Deep sea floor beyond the continental margin; made up of oceanic crust, which is composed mostly of volcanic basalt.
Trench		Broad flat areas of sediment-covered ocean floor found between the continental margins and the mid-ocean ridges
Continental Margin		Long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the deepest parts of the ocean floor.
Guyot		A flat-topped seamount that was eroded flat by wave action or sank deeper in the seafloor.

Seafloor features and Plate Tectonics Quiz

Match the term to its description

When two plate move towards each other and collide.

When two plates move away from each other.

When two plates slide past each other.

At transform boundaries,, fault lines are formed and there are a lot of earthquakes.

Two continental crusts colliding results in volcanic mountains.

A continental crust colliding with a oceanic crust causes which of the following to occur? Select all that apply.

When two oceanic plates collide (come together), island arcs are formed.

At a divergent boundary, underwater volcanic mountains are formed, creating new oceanic crust.

At a continental divergent boundary, island arcs are formed.

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

Match the term to its description

When two plate move towards each other and collide.

When two plates move away from each other.

When two plates slide past each other.

At transform boundaries,, fault lines are formed and there are a lot of earthquakes.

Two continental crusts colliding results in volcanic mountains.

A continental crust colliding with a oceanic crust causes which of the following to occur? Select all that apply.

When two oceanic plates collide (come together), island arcs are formed.

At a divergent boundary, underwater volcanic mountains are formed, creating new oceanic crust.

At a continental divergent boundary, island arcs are formed.

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?

What is the name of this feature?