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Ch 23: The Oceanfloor pt 1

Across
Flattest part of the ocean floor
Sebiment formed from living sources and their collective remains
Sediment layers that form from continental rock and minerals, which have been broken down from weathering and erosion
Large under sea mountain ranges thousands of miles long. Formed by divergent plate boundaries
Large underwater valleys
Where the ocean plate sub-ducts under the continental plate
Part of the continent that extends from the shore line to the continental slope
Cone-shaped mountain peaks that rise above the ocean floor
Chains of volcanic islands associated with deep sea trenches and subduction zones
Sediment sampling
Small rolling hills on the flattest part of the ocean floor
A area that descends gradually from the continental slope to the ocean floor and is considered part of the ocean basin
Down
Chemical reactions cause minerals to crystallize from sea water
An area from the ocean's edge to the abyssal plain
Begins at the shelf's edge and descends rapidly. On average the shelf is about 20km wide and descends to a depth of about 3.5 km
A ring shaped coral island that forms when a coral reef develops around a volcanic island
Flat-topped seamount