12) which one is correct: a)Less than 500 meters, b)Less than 1000 meters , c)1,
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which one is correct: a)Less than 500 meters, b)Less than 1000 meters , c)1,000-2000 meters, d)2000-3000 meters
Go to Virginia Beach, VA and examine to continental shelf in this area. Notice that as you roll your mouse over the seafloor, elevation is shown at the bottom of the image in meters. When you are over the ocean those numbers are negative, so that tells you how deep the ocean is in that location. Compare to real continental shelf to the image below. You should be able to find the continental shelf, the shelf break (the abrupt edge of the continental shelf), the continental slope (the steep boundary between the continental crust and the oceanic crust), and the rise. The rise is less steeply sloping than the continental slope and mostly consists of sediments that have been eroded from the shelf and carried downslope to be deposited at the base of the continental shelf Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Continent Shelf Shelf break Slope Rise Abyssal hills Guyot Island 0 2 3 6 Abyssal plain 500 km Scroll over the outer edge of the continental shelf, being careful not to go past the shelf break. What is the range of water depths in this area?Explanation / Answer
Using the information given from the diagram
The range of water in continental shelf and continental shelf break are lying below 1000m
Option b) less than 1000 metres
Reason: since the coast of Virginia , south Carolina lies in the continental shelf because continental shelf is the area of sea bed around large chunk of land mass
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