Question

You overhear Kali describing her trip to the ocean to a friend. She explains that she waded out onto the continental rise, but was careful not to go too far, because she didn’t want to reach the steep decline of the continental slope. What part of her story needs to be corrected?
A. She needed to be careful of the continental shelf, not the slope.
B. She was on the continental shelf, not the continental rise.
C. She was on the continental slope and needed to be careful of the rise.
D. Continental slopes are not steep declines, they are gradual.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) She was on the continental shelf, not the continental rise

Answer 2

Answer:

B. She was on the continental shelf, not the continental rise.

Explanation:

The continent first contacts the ocean at the continental shelf. After a while, the continental shelf ends in a steep decline known as the continental slope. The  continental slope eventually levels out into a gradually sloping continental rise which eventually becomes the ocean floor.