Relacionar Columnas Ocean Floor Matching Versión en línea Students will match vocab with their terms por Bethaney Barber 1 Made of oceanic Crust- deeper than the continental margin 2 Mountain chains that form when tectonic plates pull apart. Creates cracks in the ocean floor called RIFT ZONES 3 Individual mountains of volcanic material 4 Made of continental crust- Shallower than the deep-ocean basin 5 Huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin 6 Begins at shoreline and slopes gently down 7 Begins at the edge of the shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor 8 is the Study of the shape and features of Land surfaces 9 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 10 The base of the continental slope, is made of large piles of sediment Continental slope Topography Seamount Continental rise Sonar Deep-ocean basin Mid-ocean ridge Ocean Trench Continental margin Continental Shelf