Ocean Basins

About _____ % of the Earth surface is covered with water.

The three methods used to measure Ocean Depth are _____, _____, and _____.

If a sound pulse took 6 seconds to return from the seafloor, and if the speed of sound is 1500 m/sec, the depth is _____.

The 3 components of the Continental Margin are the _____, _____, and _____.

The Continental _____ is the submerged part of the continent. Its width varies with changing _____.

The true edge of the continent is marked by the continental _____.

Most beach sediments eventually end up depositing at the continental _____, at the foot of the _____.

_____ form by the covering of the rocky seafloor with mud falling from seawater.

_____ is the location where the seafloor forms and _____ are where they are destroyed.

The feature that clearly indicates that the seafloor spreads from the _____ is the _____ valley.

Fresh lava flows, and _____ along the _____ valleys indicates that the seafloor is spreading continuously.

As seafloor moves away from the MOR, it _____ taking any seamounts _____ with it.

Seamounts are submarine _____. They form over _____, or _____.

List the evolution of seamounts.

Ocean basins are generally _____than continents.

Submarine canyons are deep _____ that cut acoss continental _____.

Submarine canyons transport coastal _____ to the continental _____.

The top of a guyot is _____ due to _____ by waves.

Turbidity currents are submarine _____of mud and sand, and they transport sediments very _____.

If the global sea level increased the area of the continental shelves will _____.

Submarine canyons form primarily due to mass movement along the continental _____.

_____ are submerged seamounts with coral reefs on them. They commonly enclose a _____.

The Continental _____ is the submerged extension of the continents.

Ocean = Seawater + _____

The shape and size of ocean basins constantly _____ over geologic time.

_____ are the deepest parts of oceans. They form due to _____ of the seafloor into the Mantle.

Ocean Basins _____ along Mid-Oceanic Ridges.

Submarine canyons are _____ trenches.

All trnches are actuall over 27,000 feet deep, but most of them are filled with _____ that come from nearby continents.

MORs can be identified by the presence of the _____ at the top.

During the Ice Ages when the sea level was low, the continental shelves we _____.

Most ocean trenches are found in the _____ Ocean.

Oceans form by _____ moving apart.

All oceans have a _____ in them.

Due to Global Warming the width of the continental shelves is _____.