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In this Class 11 Geography topic from “Distribution of Oceans and Continents,” students learn how the ocean floor is mapped and interpreted. They explore major features such as continental shelves, slopes, deep-sea plains, mid-ocean ridges, trenches and seamounts, and understand how soundings, sonar and bathymetric maps reveal underwater relief. The topic also helps connect ocean-floor patterns with plate boundaries, seafloor spreading and the changing distribution of continents and oceans.
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Depth and ocean floor relief
Only the colour of seawater
Only coastal population
Political division of oceans
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The sea is shallower
The sea floor is deeper
The sound wave has stopped
The ship is near the coast
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The floor is completely flat
There is no change in depth
The slope is steep
The sea floor is dry
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It makes seawater fresh
It measures only one point
It does not use sound
It maps a wide strip of relief at once
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A shallow submerged continental part near the coast
The deepest trench in the middle of ocean
A high volcanic mountain on the sea floor
A very flat plain of the deep ocean
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Because it only shows ocean colour
Because it shows the change from shelf to deep ocean basin
Because it closes all oceans
Because it shows atmospheric layers
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Very shallow coastal water
Steep mountain slope
Broad flat area in deep ocean
Floating ice on the surface
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Because they reduce seawater temperature
Because they show coastal population
Because they are only fishing areas
Because they are linked with plate spreading zones
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Subduction
Evaporation
Glacial deposition
Formation of sand dunes
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It directly enters the sea and cuts rocks
It estimates floor relief from small sea-surface height variations
It only counts ships
It makes seawater solid
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A round mountain in deep sea
A flat plain away from coast
A deep cut valley on the sea floor
An oil layer on sea surface
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A guyot has a flat top, whereas a seamount generally has a conical or irregular summit
A guyot forms in an ocean trench, whereas a seamount occurs only near a continental coast
A guyot is made of sedimentary rocks, whereas a seamount is made only of granite
A guyot lies on the ocean floor, whereas a seamount always rises above sea level
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It helps understand relief in three-dimensional form
Ocean salt disappears
All ships start moving automatically
Ocean boundaries disappear
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It made very fast and complete regional maps
It gave only point depth and was slow
It was operated by satellites
It automatically gave sea-floor images
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To know cloud direction above the ocean
To count coastal cities
To show depth changes along a selected line
To decide the colour of the ocean
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Language of fish in the sea
Names of coastal cities
Daily colour of the sea
Geological history and nature of deposition
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To reduce errors and improve accuracy
To heat the ocean more
To change country borders on maps
To stop sound waves
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Because it explains the meaning of colours and depth symbols
Because the legend changes weather
Because the legend dries the ocean
Because the legend is only decoration
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Continental shelf
Coastal lagoon
Continental slope or trench
Sea beach
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Both only count population
Ship method directly measures depth while satellite gives indirect estimates
Satellite drops a rope into the sea
Ships never use sound
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Because safe routes can be selected
Because fish colours change
Because rainfall stops
Because the ocean dries
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The same habitat occurs at every depth
Depth affects light pressure and living conditions
Depth has no relation with life
Life exists only on coasts
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Taste of seawater
Number of seabirds
Coastal depth and sea-floor slope
Colour of ships
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By dry land above the shelf
By clouds on sea surface
Only by fishing
By a gentle sedimented zone below the continental slope
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Relief and geological structure
Sea songs
Age of sailors
Coastal language
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In ocean floor mapping, what does a bathymetric map show most clearly?
Correct answer: A
A bathymetric map shows depth and shape of the sea floor. Exam tip: treat it as a topographic map of the ocean.
What is the main difference between a seamount and a guyot?
Correct answer: A
A guyot is essentially a submerged volcanic seamount whose summit has been flattened by wave action and erosion. An ordinary seamount commonly has a conical, rounded, or irregular summit. Option D is incorrect because a seamount does not reach sea level; if it rises above the surface, it becomes an island. Exam tip: the key identifying feature of a guyot is its flat top.
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