CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A continental shelf extends from the coastline of a continent to a drop-off point called the shelf break. From the break, the shelf descends toward the deep ocean floor in what is called the continental slope. Even though they are underwater, continental shelves are part of the continent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The continental slope is much steeper than the shelf; the average angle is 3°, but it can be as low as 1° or as high as 10°. The slope is often cut with submarine canyons. The physical mechanisms involved in forming these canyons were not well understood until the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-3: -The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although the continental slope averages about 4°, it can approach vertical on carbonate margins, on faulted margins, or on leading-edge, tectonically active margins. Steep slopes usually have either a very poorly developed continental rise or none at all and are called escarpments.

Detailed explanation-5: -The continental shelf ends at the continental shelf break where the angle of descent into the deep ocean drastically increases. This sharp incline from the shelf break toward the deep-ocean floor is called the continental slope. The continental slope usually begins 1 to 5 kilometers above the deep-ocean floor.