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Unit 2 Geological Oceanography

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Geological Oceanography Unit
Jennifer Tuxford
Quiz by Jennifer Tuxford, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Which layer is the rigid outer layer of the Earth?
Answer
  • Inner Core
  • Outer Core
  • Mantle
  • Crust

Question 2

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Which layer of the earth is made of mostly solid metals?
Answer
  • Inner Core
  • Outer Core
  • Mantle
  • Crust

Question 3

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Which layer of the earth is made of mostly liquid metals?
Answer
  • Inner Core
  • Outer Core
  • Mantle
  • Crust

Question 4

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In which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur?
Answer
  • Inner Core
  • Outer Core
  • Mantle
  • Crust

Question 5

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The movement of Earth's plates, known as Plate Tectonics, is caused by?
Answer
  • Convection Currents
  • Gravity
  • This is still unknown
  • Ocean Currents

Question 6

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The lithosphere is made up of the Earth's crust. Which of the following statements is correct.
Answer
  • The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.
  • The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
  • The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust and oceanic crust are equally dense.
  • The Earth is made up of many different types of crust. All types of crust have differing levels of density.

Question 7

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This diagram represents which of the following?
Image:
Divergent Plate Boundary (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Divergent Plate Boundary
  • Convergent Plate Boundary
  • Transform Plate Boundary
  • Strike-Slip Fault

Question 8

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This diagram represents which of the following?
Image:
Convergent Plate Boundary (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Divergent Plate Boundary
  • Convergent Plate Boundary
  • Transform Plate Boundary
  • Strike-Slip Fault

Question 9

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This image is an example of which of the following?
Image:
San Andreas Fault Map (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Convergent Plate Boundary
  • Divergent Plate Boundary
  • Transform Plate Boundary
  • Subduction Zone

Question 10

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Mountains form from which of the following?
Answer
  • Convergence of a continental plate and a continental plate
  • Divergence of a continental plate and a continental plate
  • Convergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate
  • Divergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate

Question 11

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What is occurring this diagram?
Image:
Subduction Plate (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • The North American Plate is subducting under the Juan de Fuca Plate because continental crust is more dense
  • The North American Plate is subducting under the Juan de Fuca Plate because oceanic crust is more dense
  • The Juan de Fuca Plate is subducting under the North American Plate because oceanic crust is more dense
  • The Juan de Fuca Plate is subducting under the North American Plate because continental crust is more dense

Question 12

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What stages are occurring in this diagram?
Image:
Lava To Igneous Rock (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Two plates slide past each other allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes Metamorphic rock.
  • Two plates converge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes igneous rock.
  • Two plates diverge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes metamorphic rock.
  • Two plates diverge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes igneous rock.

Question 13

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The following diagram depicts a submarine canyon cutting into the continental shelf and continuing down the continental slope. All of the following are causes of submarine canyons, except
Image:
Submarine Canyon (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • They were carved out from rivers
  • They were carved out from the erosion of sediments
  • They were carved out from underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and other debris
  • They were carved out by diverging plate boundaries

Question 14

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Underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and other debris are called
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  • Submarine Canyons
  • Turbidity Currents
  • Trenches
  • Whirlpools

Question 15

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A continental margin is land, or continental crust, that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter A represents the
Image:
Continental Margin (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Continental Rise
  • Continental Shelf
  • Abyssal Plain
  • Continental Slope

Question 16

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A continental margin is land or continental crust that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter E represents the
Image:
Continental Margin (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Continental Shelf
  • Continental Rise
  • Abyssal Plain
  • Shelf Break

Question 17

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A continental margin is land or continental crust that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter D represents the
Image:
Continental Margin (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Submarine Canyons
  • Shelf Break
  • Continental Rise
  • Continental Shelf

Question 18

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We can use sonar to study the ocean floor because
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  • We can't measure the depth
  • We have detailed maps of the complete sea floor
  • We know the speed of sound in water
  • Satellites provide the rate of gravity

Question 19

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Which one of the following water bodies is the largest ocean?
Answer
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean

Question 20

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The measurement of ocean depths and the charting of the shape or topography of the ocean floor is
Answer
  • Sonimetry
  • None of these
  • Oceanography
  • Bathymetry

Question 21

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The deepest parts of the ocean are long, narrow features known as deep-ocean...
Answer
  • Ridges
  • Rifts
  • Trenches
  • Canyons

Question 22

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The most prominent features in the oceans, forming an almost continuous mountain range, are the...
Answer
  • Canyons
  • Trenches
  • Ridges
  • Rifts

Question 23

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Seafloor sediments are classified based on their grain size and
Answer
  • Age
  • Composition
  • Origin
  • Shape

Question 24

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Plankton remnants are an example of what type of ocean sediment?
Answer
  • Lithogenous
  • Biogenous
  • Cosmogenous
  • Hydrogenous

Question 25

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Minerals or chemicals that dissolve in seawater, river runoff or hydrothermal vent water are examples of which type of ocean sediment?
Answer
  • Hydrogenous
  • Biogenous
  • Cosmogenous
  • Lithogenous

Question 26

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Deep-ocean sediment that has more than 30% biogenic material is known as
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  • Sludge
  • Ooze
  • Decay
  • Terrogenous

Question 27

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Rivers flowing into the _____________ Ocean cover more land than those flowing into the ______________ Ocean. Therefore, the ____________ Ocean has more sediment than the ______________ Ocean.
Answer
  • Pacific, Atlantic. Pacific Atlantic.
  • Atlantic, Pacific. Pacific, Atlantic.
  • Atlantic, Pacific. Atlantic, Pacific.
  • Pacific, Atlantic. Atlantic, Pacific.

Question 28

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Clay is the smallest ocean sediment.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Ocean sediments can provide information on Earth’s pollution patterns.
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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Rivers, wind, ice and other geologic processes erode and transport rocks and minerals into the sea. These sediments are called
Answer
  • Lithogenous
  • Cosmogenous
  • Biogenous
  • Hydrogenous

Question 31

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Strong swimming consumers such as fish, turtles and whales are known as
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  • Nekton
  • Decomposers
  • Benthos
  • Plankton

Question 32

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Waters that occur near estuaries, where the river meets the sea, are generally considered
Answer
  • Fresh Water
  • Salt Water
  • Brackish Water
  • None of these

Question 33

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Which ocean zone holds 90% of all marine organisms?
Answer
  • Pelagic Zone
  • Intertidal Zone
  • Abyssal Zone
  • Bathyl zone

Question 34

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The sunlight zone ranges from 0-200 meters deep. What is the scientific name for this zone?
Image:
Ocean Zones Unlabeled (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Epipelagic Zone
  • Mesopelagic Zone
  • Bathypelagic Zone
  • Hadopelagic Zone

Question 35

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The Challenger Deep lies in the Mariana Trench. Within what oceanic zone does the Challenger Deep reside?
Image:
Ocean Zone Labeling72 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Hadopelagic Zone
  • Abyssopelagic Zone
  • Bathypelagic Zone
  • Epipelagic Zone

Question 36

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The coldest, darkest oceanic zone with the least diverse marine life forms, is the
Answer
  • Hadopelagic Zone
  • Abyssopelagic Zone
  • Mesopelagic Zone
  • None of these

Question 37

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All of the following are examples of benthos organisms, except
Answer
  • Oysters
  • Clams
  • Squid
  • Sea Anemones

Question 38

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Why do most ocean organisms reside in Zone 1?
Image:
Ocean Zone Labeling72 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • It is euphotic
  • It is aphotic
  • It is disphotic
  • None of these

Question 39

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What am I?
Image:
Sponge (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Nekton
  • Plankton
  • Benthos
  • Decomposer

Question 40

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What stages are occurring here?
Image:
Atoll Formation (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Atoll, active volcano, fringe reef, barrier reef
  • Active volcano, atoll, fringe reef, barrier reef
  • Active volcano, fringe reef, barrier reef, atoll
  • Barrier reef, atoll, fringe reef, volcano

Question 41

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What am I?
Image:
Atoll (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Barrier reef
  • Fringe reef
  • Atoll
  • Volcano

Question 42

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The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of volcanic islands. These islands were most likely formed by
Image:
Hawaii Volcanic Mtn Chain1 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Hot spots inside the Earth
  • Gaseous explosions at subduction boundaries
  • Earthquakes from converging boundaries
  • There are currently no theories

Question 43

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The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. The Ring of Fire...
Image:
Ring Of Fire Map (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • is a random circle of volcanoes with no known origin
  • is a direct result of gases exploding inside the Earth's mantle until they caused cracks in the Earth's crust and burst through
  • is a direct result of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates
  • has resulted in many volatile explosions that have led to dangerously poor air quality

Question 44

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What type of boundary lies between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate? (Use the map to guide you).
Image:
Ring Of Fire Map (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Divergent
  • Convergent
  • Transform
  • None of these

Question 45

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What type of boundary lies between the continental portions of the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate? (Use the map to guide you).
Image:
Ring Of Fire Map (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Convergent
  • Divergent
  • Transform
  • None of these

Question 46

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An island arc is created from
Answer
  • a location on the Earth's surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time
  • coral reefs forming around an active volcano and the volcano slowly slipping back down into the ocean
  • an underground explosion of magma that escapes through a crack
  • hot, remelted material from a subducting slab that rises and leaks into the crust, forming a series of volcanoes

Question 47

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The United States does not have any active volcanoes.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Subduction zones occur at
Answer
  • Divergent Boundaries
  • Convergent Boundaries
  • Transform Boundaries
  • Randomly

Question 49

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An active volcano can be dormant or erupting.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 50

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Phytoplankton use sunlight to create food through the process of photosynthesis, therefore they are not dependent upon the ocean's upswells to bring them nutrients.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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