Ocean Floor Topography Crossword
Across
- 2. Separates continental slope from ocean bottom
- 5. Shallow underwater ledge found at the edge of a continent
- 7. A deep slope between a continental shelf and sea floor
- 8. An opening on the ocean floor where mineral rich water escapes
- 10. Underwater mountains that number in the thousands and formed from volcanoes
Down
- 1. Flat topped underwater mountains
- 3. A large flat area on the ocean floor
- 4. Opening in oceanic crust where magma escapes and makes new crust, can be a mile deeper than the surrounding ridge
- 6. Narrow channels more than 2 miles deep found along the margins of continents
- 9. A wide ocean mountain range with steep valleys at the center found in the Atlantic Ocean