Exam 15: Ocean Basins

The west coast of South America is a passive continental margin.

Explain a comet's nucleus and the other compounds that exist in comets.

_______________ is a mixture of silt- and clay-sized particles transported by wind from continents and the remains of tiny organisms that lived in the surface waters of the oceans.

What are submarine canyons and submarine fans?

The Mid-Oceanic Ridge rises high above the surrounding sea floor because new lithosphere forming at the ridge axis is ____ and of relatively ____ density.