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What best describes seamounts and islands of the deep ocean basins?
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piles of basaltic lava flows built up from the ocean floor by multiple, summit and flank eruptions
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Though they move across the deepest ocean basins seiches and tsunami are called shallow water waves How can this be?
just cuz
Is Pacific a noun?
The word 'pacific' (lower case p) is an adjective, a word that describes a noun as conducive to peace, not aggressive (a pacific nation, pacific people, etc.).The word 'Pacific' (capital P) is a proper noun , the name of a specific ocean, the "Pacific Ocean".The word 'Pacific' (capital P) is also a proper adjective, a word that describes a noun as of or related to the Pacific Ocean (Pacific islands, Pacific fleet, etc.).
What is the location of Indonesia?
Indonesia is located between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The islands of Indonesia are located along the equator between Asia and Australia.
Where did Amelia Earhart's plane dissapper to?
Nobody knows , it was over Ocean with a few small islands.
How many islands is Kiribati made up of?
The State of Hawaii is composed of 132 islands, reefs and shoals that extend for over 1500 miles across the central North Pacific Ocean from the "Big Island" of Hawaii to Midway and Kure Atolls.
What are Mountains on the ocean floor that turn into volcanic islands called?
seamounts
What is a mountain on the ocean floor that can turn into volcanic islands?
seamounts :) hope it helps :D
What are Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor known as?
Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor are known as seamounts. The deepest parts of the ocean are long, narrow features known as deep ocean trenches.
How are seamounts created?
Seamounts are usually extinct underwater volcanoes. They never break through the ocean surface.
Are most plates boundaries continents or in ocean basins?
In ocean basins
Are most plate boundaries on continents or in ocean basins?
In ocean basins
What are mountains that are submerged beneath the ocean called?
Seamounts
Where are seamounts located in the Atlantic Ocean?
near the middle of the atlantic
Do you get ocean basins when plates collide?
No, Ocean basins form when land drifts away, for example "Pangea" (north america,Europe,Asia&Africa) were once together & now, are not, theirfor ocean basins were created
What would the ocean floor look like if plate tectonics did not happen?
Seamounts
What are some ocean landforms?
Abyssal plains,seamounts,guyots,and contenintal slopes.
What is the most common igneous rock of the ocean basins?
Ocean basins are primarily made of the igneous rock, basalt.
