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Q: What is called the coastal part of water bodies of the ocean which is structurally part of the mainland of the continents?
  • A. continental rise
  • B. continental Plain
  • C. continental shelf
  • D. continental slope
Correct Answer: Option C - The continental shelf is the extanded perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is continental slope.
C. The continental shelf is the extanded perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is continental slope.

Explanations:

The continental shelf is the extanded perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is continental slope.