If a student wants to draw a topography map of the ocean, what feature should be drawn closest to the coast? (1 point)
Responses
continental slope
continental slope
ocean trench
ocean trench
continental shelf
continental shelf
continental rise
The continental shelf should be drawn closest to the coast.
Yes, that is correct! The continental shelf is the shallow, submerged edge of a continent that extends from the shoreline to the deeper ocean.
