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abyssal plain i think

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Q: What is a large flat area covering about 40 percent of the ocean floor?
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A wide flat area covering about 40 percent of the ocean floor is the what?

abyssal plain,i think


How large is the ocean floor?

70% of the size of the Earth.


What is a large wave caused by earthquake on the ocean floor?

tsuami


What are large flat areas of the ocean floor?

Abyssal Plain. :)


What does produce when sea floor spreading occur?

An ocean because when the ocean spread out the ocean floor is moving and becoming large but because also of the sinking of the ocean floor it 's not becoming larger it's just maintaining it own size. lyssa


Can an earthquake on the ocean floor produce a tornado?

No, an earthquake on the ocean floor can cause a tsunami (a series of large waves). Earthquakes do not influence weather events such as tornadoes.


What part of the large algae that takes the place of roots and anchors to the ocean floors?

Holdfasts anchor large algae to the ocean floor. They substitute for roots:)


Large or small depression in the land or ocean floor?

A basin is a large or small depression in the surface of land. or the ocean. A basin can be caused by plate tectonics or erosion.


What is the ocean floor along the coast of a large land mass called?

continental shelf


What ocean is not located in wester hemispheres?

The Indian Ocean is not located in the western hemisphere. It is situated between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, covering a large part of the Eastern Hemisphere.


What ocean covers 64 million square miles?

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world, covering 60-million square miles. The Pacific Ocean makes up 46-percent of the world's water surface.


The spreading of the ocean floor is what?

At the mid-ocean ridges, large underwater mountain ranges formed along diverging oceanic plates.