Test Review: Seafloor Unit 2 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Across                                                                                                                                   Down

1              The type of plate boundary in which two slide past each other.                 2              The continental _____ develops from sediment build-up        

5              Cone-shaped underwater volcanoes                                                                3              The rest of the country is on which plate?

7              Sea Floor spreading occurs at bank zone.                                                       4               Biogenous sediment that is similar to glass.

8              Loose material such as clay or sand.                                                                6              A depression in the earth, created at a subduction zone.

10            Downward movement of a plate.                                                                       9              A type of sediment formed by ex-living things.

11            The east coast of U.S. is a ____ margin.                                                          10            The continental shelf ends here.

12            The type of rock that makes up oceanic crust.                                               11            The deepest and largest ocean.

14            The name of the theorized supercontinent                                                      13            The end of the margin turns into the flat ____.

15            _____ margins have rocky coastlines and a steep slope.                             17            A biogenous sediment of calcium carbonate.

16            Mass divided by volume.                                                                                   19            Subduction occurs at _____ zones

18            A crack or wound in the crust                                                                           20            The outermost layer of the earth

21            _____ currents help drive plate movement.                                                    24            As you go away from The mid-ocean ridge

22            Another name for a slip-slide fault.                                                                   26            Continental crust is made mostly of this.

23            A type of mineral deposit at vents                                                                    28            Continental ______ contain a shelf, slope

25            The shallowest part of the continental margin                                                                and sometimes a rise.

27            A flat-topped submarine volcano.                                                                    29            Type of crust that is more dense.

30            Similar to a river delta but in the ocean.

31            submarine ____were once cut by glaciers or rivers

32            Continental crust is _________than oceanic.

33            This feature forms when two continental crusts divide.

34            A coral reef built on a submurged volcano

35            Type of sediment formed by weathering of rock.

36            The hawaiian islands were formed by _______.

37            Layer of the earth that contains mostly iron alloys.