Read each sentence and identify the word/phrase that you believe correctly completes the statement. Then, click on the arrow to see if your answer is correct.
1. The major basins of the world ocean are the
,
,
, and
. The ocean around Antarctica is often called the
.
2. The
of a substance is calculated by dividing its mass by its volume.
3. The three main divisions of the earth's interior are the
, the
, and the crust.
4. A long chain of submarine volcanic mountains that runs through the world ocean is called the
system.
5. Sea floor is created at
and destroyed at
.
6. In the process of
a lithospheric plate descends into the
.
7. A single supercontinent called
began to break up into the present-day continents about
years ago.
8. The two most abundant types of marine sediment are
sediment, which comes from rocks, and
sediment, which is produced by organisms.
9. The continental margins consist of the
, the continental slope, and the
.
10. Most of the deep-sea floor, or
, is between
and
meters deep.
11. Deep-sea hot springs, or
, are places at the mid-ocean ridge from which
emerges.
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