Relier Pairs Ocean Floor Matching Version en ligne Students will match vocab with their terms par Bethaney Barber 1 The base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment 2 Made of continental crust- Shallower than the deep-ocean basin 3 is the Study of the shape and features of Land surfaces 4 Begins at shoreline and slopes gently down 5 Individual mountains of volcanic material 6 Mountain chains that form when tectonic plates pull apart. Creates cracks in the ocean floor called RIFT ZONES 7 Begins at the edge of the shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor 8 Huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin 9 Made of oceanic Crust- deeper than the continental margin 10 Sound Navigation and ranging Scientists send sound pulses from a ship to the bottom of the ocean floor The sound moves through the water, bounces off ocean floor and returns to ship Ocean Trench Continental margin Topography Deep-ocean basin Mid-ocean ridge Sonar Continental slope Continental Shelf Seamount Continental rise