Based on the descriptions, briefly describe or identify how each feature probably formed.

Describe how oceanic plateaus are interpreted to have formed and provide some examples.

Describe the stages of atoll formation.

Describe the main physical features of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, describing how they relate to modern plate-tectonic boundaries.

Describe or sketch the origin of the North, Baltic, Black, and Red Seas.

Describe the different kinds of reefs and where they form.

Describe or sketch the features of a continental margin, such as the continental shelf, slope, and rise.

Describe or sketch how a mantle plume is interpreted to form oceanic islands and seamounts, providing several examples.

Describe or sketch the processes that accompany the formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges.

Observe the region and determine which types of features are shown (e.g. mid-ocean ridge, island arc, etc).

Describe or sketch the different ways in which smaller seas formed in the Pacific Ocean, providing an example of each.

Describe how salt forms near continental margins.

Sketch or describe some features of the deep seafloor.

Describe the major changes in Earth's oceans since $180$ million years ago, including approximately when the Central Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Indian oceans formed and which continents rifted apart to form each ocean.