Name: ____________________________

OCEAN FLOOR FOLDABLE

WORD BANK: DIRECTIONS:

Seamount 1. Fold paper along the dotted line
Continental Shelf (2) 2. Open paper up with the lines facing up
Ocean Trench
3. Cut the paper along the straight solid black lines to the
Continental Rise (2)
Abyssal Plain (2) dotted black line
Guyot 4. Fold the flaps over the ocean floor drawing along the
Mid-Ocean Ridge dotted line
Continental Slope (2) 5. Lift one flap at a time to see the feature it is representing
6. Write the term (from the word bank) on the outside of the
flap (If a term has a (2) next to it, it will be used twice)
7. Use your notes sheet to write a description of the feature
on the inside of the flap. Include:
a. Elevation of a feature (sloping, plunging, deep, flat,
etc.…)
b. Material it is made of (Sand, rocks, mud, etc.….)
c. Any other interesting information from your notes

Questions:

1. What percent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water?

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2. What part of the Ocean Floor do you play on at the beach?

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3. Mid-Ocean Ridges are formed at what type of plate boundary?

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