Copiar e Editar

Unit 2 Geological Oceanography

Descrição

Geological Oceanography Unit
Jennifer Tuxford
Quiz por Jennifer Tuxford, atualizado more than 1 year ago
Jennifer Tuxford
Criado por Jennifer Tuxford aproximadamente 7 anos atrás
269
1
0

Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

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

Questão 2

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

Questão 3

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

Questão 4

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

Questão 5

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

Questão 6

Questão
The lithosphere is made up of the Earth's crust. Which of the following statements is correct.
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 7

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

Questão 8

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

Questão 9

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

Questão 10

Questão
Mountains form from which of the following?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 11

Questão
What is occurring this diagram?
Image:
Subduction Plate (binary/octet-stream)
Responda
  • 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

Questão 12

Questão
What stages are occurring in this diagram?
Image:
Lava To Igneous Rock (binary/octet-stream)
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 13

Questão
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)
Responda
  • 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

Questão 14

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

Questão 15

Questão
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)
Responda
  • Continental Rise
  • Continental Shelf
  • Abyssal Plain
  • Continental Slope

Questão 16

Questão
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)
Responda
  • Continental Shelf
  • Continental Rise
  • Abyssal Plain
  • Shelf Break

Questão 17

Questão
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)
Responda
  • Submarine Canyons
  • Shelf Break
  • Continental Rise
  • Continental Shelf

Questão 18

Questão
We can use sonar to study the ocean floor because
Responda
  • 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

Questão 19

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

Questão 20

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

Questão 21

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

Questão 22

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

Questão 23

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

Questão 24

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

Questão 25

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

Questão 26

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

Questão 27

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

Questão 28

Questão
Clay is the smallest ocean sediment.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

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

Questão 30

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

Questão 31

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

Questão 32

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

Questão 33

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

Questão 34

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

Questão 35

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

Questão 36

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

Questão 37

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

Questão 38

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

Questão 39

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

Questão 40

Questão
What stages are occurring here?
Image:
Atoll Formation (binary/octet-stream)
Responda
  • 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

Questão 41

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

Questão 42

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

Questão 43

Questão
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)
Responda
  • 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

Questão 44

Questão
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)
Responda
  • Divergent
  • Convergent
  • Transform
  • None of these

Questão 45

Questão
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)
Responda
  • Convergent
  • Divergent
  • Transform
  • None of these

Questão 46

Questão
An island arc is created from
Responda
  • 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

Questão 47

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

Questão 48

Questão
Subduction zones occur at
Responda
  • Divergent Boundaries
  • Convergent Boundaries
  • Transform Boundaries
  • Randomly

Questão 49

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

Questão 50

Questão
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.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Quer criar seus próprios Quizzes gratuitos com a GoConqr? Saiba mais.

Semelhante

Volcanoes
1jdjdjd1
Plate Tectonics
eimearkelly3
GCSE Chemistry: The Crust
Landon Valencia
Cool Temperate Oceanic Climate
Angel Thomas
Plate Margins
RachelBean
Plate Tectonics For CE
Oliver Hall
7th grade science quiz
pablo fuentes
Continents & Oceans
Thomas Yoachim
Plate Tectonics
sarah.lalaz
Earth Science- Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading and The layers of The Earth
sarah_pryer
AQA Geography Tectonics Quiz
shmockol
Explore a Biblioteca