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The deepest parts of the ocean floor are caused by plate tectonic subduction and occur where the sea floor sinks back into the mantle in a subduction zone. These areas are called deep sea trenches and the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.
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Mountain ranges at the bottom of the ocean are called?
mid-ocean ridges
Why does it freeze at the bottom of the ocean?
The bottom of the ocean doesn't freeze.
What are Solid particles that form layers at the bottom of ocean or lake?
Generically they are called sediments
What is the floor of the ocean called?
yes, the ocean does have a floor at the very bottom and there are many different ocean floor features there such as mid-ocean ridges, rift zones and also ocean trenches. hope this helps
What is archaebacteria where does it live and what it feeds on or produces?
Archaebacteria lives in the bottom of the ocean. Archaebacteria lives in the bottom of the ocean.
What is under the ocean surface called?
the ocean-bottom
What are slimy deposits at the bottom of the ocean?
The bottom of the ocean that is slimy is called a biogenous bottom. Some scientists refer to this kind of ocean bottom as an ooze. They are the result of a dominance of calcium shells and siliceous shell pieces which dissolve at the bottom of the ocean.
Mountain ranges at the bottom of the ocean are called?
mid-ocean ridges
Is a herd of giraffes at the bottom of the ocean called a gireef?
And at the top of the ocean, they are called a Giraft.
The bottom of the ocean is called?
The bottom of an ocean is typically called the seafloor. Although the seafloor can have variant geographical features such as mountains or volcanos, a normal, and flat terrain is called the seafloor.
What do you call a depression on the bottom of the ocean?
It is called a haven
Why we live at the bottom of an ocean of air called the?
It is the atmosphere.
What is a person called when they study the bottom of the ocean?
Geologists
What are herbivores of the ocean?
There are several herbivores in the ocean most of the are called bottom feeders, like plankton and shrimp.
A spiny-skinned invertebrate that lives on the ocean bottom floor is called what?
Echinoderm
What is the region near the bottom of a pond lake ocean called?
continental slope
Most of the loose material that settles on the ocean floor probably comes from?
what is the loose material that settles on the bottom of the ocean called
