TERM 1
What kind of features are found in
oceans?
DEFINITION 1
Trenches mid-ocean ridges abyssal plains continental slope
and shelf seamount and tablemounts island and island
chains hypothermal vents
TERM 2
Where do you find more life?
DEFINITION 2
You find more life at the coast because the abyssal plain has
little life and biomass.
TERM 3
Seamount
DEFINITION 3
A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that
does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is
not an island.
TERM 4
Tablemount
DEFINITION 4
A guyot , also known as a tablemount, is an isolated
underwater volcanic mountain (seamount), with a flat top
over 200 metres (660 feet) below the surface of the sea.
TERM 5
Abyssal
hill
DEFINITION 5
Small little hill rising up from sea floor
