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Which term defines the ocean bottom that extends from the shoreline out to an area where there is a marked change in slope to a greater depth?

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Which term defines the ocean bottom that extends from the shoreline out to an area where there is a marked change in slope to a greater depth?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Continental margin structure (shelf, slope, rise) • How the seafloor slope changes with distance from shore • General depth and shape of an abyssal plain

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• Which feature is directly connected to the shoreline and continues seaward until a noticeable increase in steepness? • Which option describes a relatively shallow, gently sloping submarine extension of the continent, before it drops off into deep water? • Which listed terms usually refer to much deeper, flatter parts of the ocean basin far from land?

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• Identify which option is the gently sloping part of the seafloor next to continents • Eliminate any features that are very deep and flat and not close to shore • Think about where the continental slope begins and which feature comes just before it

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Question 1 of 20

Which term defines the ocean bottom that extends from the shoreline out to an area where there is a marked change in slope to a greater depth?

Continental shelf

Offshore terrace

Borderland

Abyssal plain

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