Match the following definitions with the letters corresponding to the correct se
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Match the following definitions with the letters corresponding to the correct sea-floor features The shallow, gently sloping part of the ocean next to the continents continental shelf The deepest part of the ocean; earthquakes trench occur here A chain of volcanic islands parallel to the oceanic trench (active margins only) [] Deep, flat regions between the mid-oceanic ridge and the continental rise [] The steep connection between the continental shelves and the oceanic basins [] Conical steep-sided submarine mountains, 1 km high, isolated or in clusters or chains. [] A very long active mountains (2-3 km high) sometime found in the middle of an ocean chain of submarine volcanically [] The part of the ocean where sediments from submarine canyons collect (found only in passive margins) []Explanation / Answer
a shallow and gently sloping part of ocean next to
the continent
deepest part of oceans
earthquakes occures here
A chain of volcanic islands formed
parallel o the ocenic trench
a deep,flat regions between the mid ocenic ridges and
continental rise
A very long chain of submarine volcanically active mountains
a shallow and gently sloping part of ocean next to
the continent
continental shelfdeepest part of oceans
earthquakes occures here
trenchA chain of volcanic islands formed
parallel o the ocenic trench
Vocanic arca deep,flat regions between the mid ocenic ridges and
continental rise
Abyssal plain a steep connection between continental shelve and ocenic basin continental slop Conical steep-sided submarine mountains 1 km high Volcanic coneA very long chain of submarine volcanically active mountains
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