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What are the three primary topographic profiles of the ocean floor?
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∙ 13y ago
Continental shelf
Continental slope
abyss/abyssal plain
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∙ 9y agoThere are a variety of landforms found on the ocean floor. These include the continental ridge, the continental slope, and the continental shelf.
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Do you need to have a topographic map in order to explore the ocean floor?
No. The ocean floor can be located by sonar, by probe or by diving. But a topographic map will save time and money and preclude errors, as well as providing some safety.
Why is the ocean floor lower as you move away from the mid-ocan ridges?
The mid-ocean ridges which wrap around the ocean floor like the seam of a baseball, are high topographic features-but as you go away from either side of a ridge, the ocean floor subsides as it cools.
What is the primary site for sea floor spreading?
Sea floor spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges
How is a bathymetric profile made?
A bathymetric profile, or a profile of the contours of the ocean floor, is made with sonar or satellites or a combination of both. Bathymetric profiles are used for coast line construction and oceanography. Scientists use sonar and satellites to map the ocean, hence, the result of bathymetric profiles.
Describe how a bathymetric profile is made?
A bathymetric profile, or a profile of the contours of the ocean floor, is made with sonar or satellites or a combination of both. Bathymetric profiles are used for coast line construction and oceanography. Scientists use sonar and satellites to map the ocean, hence, the result of bathymetric profiles.
are crab primary consumers?
Crabs feed primarily off of detritus on the ocean floor. As such, they are scavengers and not herbivores, therefore they are not primary consumers.
The primary source that causes the seafloor to spread and continents to drift?
In the middle of the ocean is a rift where the ocean floor squeezes out lava and pushes the ocean plates apart.
What is deep-ocean trench?
a deep-ocean trench is a portion of the earth crust
What is the topography of the ocean floor?
The topography of the ocean floor
Which landforms are on the ocean floor?
which landforms are on the ocean floor
Is ocean floor smooth?
The ocean floor is not smooth.The ocean floor is made up of rocks, ledges and ditches.
What topographic features do moving plates cause?
Made ocean ridges & mountains
