6. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
7. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent
8. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent
✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop
9. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent
✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop
✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the
continental slope
10. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent
✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop
✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the
continental slope
✦ Continental rise found at the end of the continental
slope
11. What are the features of the
Ocean Floor
✦ Ocean basin is a large underwater area between
continents
✦ Continental shelf is along the coast of a continent
✦ Continental slop is a sharp drop
✦ Submarine Canyon is steep sided valley in the
continental slope
✦ Continental rise found at the end of the continental
slope
✦ Abyssal Plain wide flat area
12. Ocean Floor Continued
continent sea mount
rift valley
continental shelf trench
mid-ocean
ridge
abyssal
plain
continental slope
continental rise
13. ✦
Ocean Floor the ocean floor
Trenches deepest parts of
Continued
continent sea mount
rift valley
continental shelf trench
mid-ocean
ridge
abyssal
plain
continental slope
continental rise
14. ✦
Ocean Floor the ocean floor
Trenches deepest parts of
Continued
✦ Seamount is an underwater mountain
continent sea mount
rift valley
continental shelf trench
mid-ocean
ridge
abyssal
plain
continental slope
continental rise
15. ✦
Ocean Floor the ocean floor
Trenches deepest parts of
Continued
✦ Seamount is an underwater mountain
✦ Mid-ocean ridges underwater mountain
ranges
continent sea mount
rift valley
continental shelf trench
mid-ocean
ridge
abyssal
plain
continental slope
continental rise
17. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
18. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level
19. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level
✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show
elevation
20. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level
✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show
elevation
Topographical Map
21. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level
✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show
elevation
Topographical Map
* Uses lines to show elevation
22. How Earths features mapped
✦ Surveyor: Person who takes measurements of
land
✦ Elevation is the height above sea-level
✦ Relief Map: Map that uses shading to show
elevation
Topographical Map
* Uses lines to show elevation
* Lines are called Contour Lines
23. What are Earth’s Layers
atmosphere
crust
upper mantle
lower
mantle
outer
core
inner
core
24. What are Earth’s Layers
✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth
atmosphere
crust
upper mantle
lower
mantle
outer
core
inner
core
25. What are Earth’s Layers
✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth
✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and
solid wastes on earth
atmosphere
crust
upper mantle
lower
mantle
outer
core
inner
core
26. What are Earth’s Layers
✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth
✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and
solid wastes on earth
✦ Crust: Rocky Layer of the Earth’s Surface
atmosphere
crust
upper mantle
lower
mantle
outer
core
inner
core
27. What are Earth’s Layers
✦ Atmosphere: All of the gases around the Earth
✦ Hydrosphere: Includes all of the Earth’s liquid and
solid wastes on earth
✦ Crust: Rocky Layer of the Earth’s Surface
✦ Mantle: Layer of interior rocks
atmosphere
crust
upper mantle
lower
mantle
outer
core
inner
core
