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What extends into the ocean then drops sharply to the ocean floor?
The Continental Shelf ; see related link below .
What is contintental shelf layer called?
The continental shelf layer is called the shelf break. It is the steepest part of the continental shelf where the seafloor drops off sharply towards the deeper ocean floor.
What is the layer of water in which temperature drops sharply?
The layer of water where temperature drops sharply is called the thermocline. This is a zone of rapid temperature change in the ocean that separates the warm surface water from the colder deep water.
What is the edge of continent called?
It is called the continental shelf and is located on the edge of a continent and in the water.
Do skeletons exist on the ocean floor?
The ocean floor sediment contains unfathomable numbers of marine organism skeletons.
In which layer of the Earth is the ocean floor?
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
The sediment on the ocean floor contains few or many minerals and metals?
It contains many Minerals and Metals.
What do you call the area where land drops to the ocean floor?
The edges of the continental plates under water are called the continental shelf.
You find a rock deep in the ocean that contains a fossil What kind of rock is this?
Sedimentary is found below the ocean floor or area with water
Which landforms are on the ocean floor?
which landforms are on the ocean floor
What is the topography of the ocean floor?
The topography of the ocean floor
Is ocean floor smooth?
The ocean floor is not smooth.The ocean floor is made up of rocks, ledges and ditches.
