The Ocean Floor Crossword

large, flat regions on the ocean floor: underwater plain. Covers more than 50% of the Earth’s surface
deep channels that cut through continental shelf: deep V-shaped valleys found along the continental slope
Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor formed when plates collide: long narrow cracks in the ocean floor: the deepest parts of the ocean
deepest place in the world
a relatively flat part of the continent that is covered by sea water; lies between the coast and the continental slope
where seafloor slopes toward deep ocean floor
pile of sediment at base of continental slope
undersea mountains formed by volcanic activity
seamount that has eroded so that it has a flat top and is underwater
Sea Mount that breaks the surface forming string of islands
type of equipment mounted on bottom of boats is used to identify ocean features.
A thick layer of rock that separates the Earth’s oceans from the hot mantle beneath it.
the mountain chain that rises from the ocean basins; where sea floor spreading takes place