Marine Science Final Exam Questions
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*B. are associated with deep-sea canyons - Answer-Deep-Sea fans...
A. form along mid-ocean rises and ridges
B. are associated with deep-sea canyons
C. are formed by river sediment deposits
D. are resuspended during severe storms
*C. volcanic activity - Answer-Which of the following is NOT considered to be evidence
for continental drift?
A. matching sizes and shapes of coastlines
B. Seafloor age
C. volcanic activity
D. similarities in the fossil record
*A. 3% - Answer-The amount of water that exists as freshwater as a percentage of the
total amount of water on the earth is approximately:
A. 3% B. 18% C. 10% D. 31% E. 70%
*D. 3,800 - Answer-The average depth of the World's oceans is ______ meters.
A. 40,000 B. 2,872 C. 12,300 D. 3,800 E. 3,200
*B. passive, active - Answer-______margins coincide with the trailing edge of plates,
but _______ boundaries do not
A. tectonic, static B. passive, active C. active, passive D. tectonic, active E. stationary,
active
*B. guyots - Answer-Submerged, flat-topped seamounts are also known as ______.
A. abyssal hills B. guyots C. rifts D. relict reefs
E. hydrotherms
*D. a and b - Answer-Plate boundaries may be ......
A. divergent B. convergent C. transverse D. a and b E. a,b, and c
*C. isostasy - Answer-The theoretical balance in buoyancy of all parts of the Earth's
crust is known as _____.
A. isotony B. compensation C. isostasy D. plate flotation E. static equilibrium
*E. Alfred Wegener - Answer-The concept of continental drift is attributed to_____.
A. Charles Darwin B. Ptolemy C. James Cook D. Aristotle E. Alfred Wegener
*B. convergent - Answer-Deep-ocean trenches form along __________________
boundaries.
,A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. a and b E. a, b, and c
*E. mantle, basalt - Answer-In terms of density, _______ has a higher mass per unit
volume than _________
A. water, crust B. basalt, mantle C. granite, mantle D. granite, basalt E. mantle, basalt
*C. seamounts - Answer-Steep-sided volcanoes, sometimes reaching the sea surface to
form islands are ____________.
A. table mounts B. guyouts C. seamounts D. hot-spots E. Abyssal hills
*B. passive - Answer-The east coast of the United States is a good example of a(n)
_________ margin.
A. active B. passive C. prograding D. retrograding E. trench
*C. plate movement - Answer-Mantle convection cells within the asthenosphere are
used to explain....
A. vertical migration B. island arcs C. plate movement D. seamounts E. isostasy
*D. trenches - Answer-Subduction zones are associated with _____
A. uplift
B. mid-ocean ridges
C. passive margins
D. trenches
E. divergence
*C. range from 0 - 180 degrees - Answer-Lines of longitude are....
A. parallel B. oriented east-west C. range from 0 - 180 degrees D. A,B,&C
*D. asthenosphere - Answer-Lithospheric plates "float" on the...
A. geotherm B. continents C. basalt layer D. asthenosphere E. granitic plate
*B. 0 deg latitude - Answer-The equator is located at....
A. 0 deg longitude
B. 0 deg latitude
C. along the prime meridian
D. Greenwich
*B. space - Answer-Cosmogenous sediments are derived from...
A. rocks B. space C. organic material D. water E. compounds dissolved in water
*A. flat abyssal plains - Answer-Most of the Earth's surface is occupied by ....
A. flat abyssal plains B. trenches C. mid-ocean ridges
D. Continental shelves E. turbidites
*D. Hawaiian - Answer-The ________ Islands are a good example of the result of
crustal "hot spots" in the ocean floor
, A. Canary B. Caribbean C. Virgin D. Hawaiian E. Lesser Antilles
*C. divergent zone - Answer-A boundary in which crustal plates move opposite to one
another is called a:
A. transform fault B. convergent zone C. divergent zone D. drift valley
*A. seawater - Answer-One cubic meter of which of these would weigh the least?
A. seawater B. granite rock C. basaltic rock D. mantle
*C. divergent plate boundaries - Answer-The mid-ocean ridges are:
A. subduction zones
B. transform plate boundaries
C. divergent plate boundaries
D. convergent plate boundaries
*A. convection - Answer-One force that drives plate movement is:
A. convection
B. winds
C. ocean currents
D. conduction
*D. microscopic hard parts of single-celled living organisms - Answer-The oozes on the
seafloor mostly consist of:
A. boulders and cobbles from glaciers oozing off the land
B. bones and teeth of bottom-dweelling fishes
C. fine muds washed down the continental slope to the seafloor
D. microscopic hard parts of single-celled living organisms
*B. Biogenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments would be considered oozes?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*D. Cosmogenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments cover the smallest area of
seabed?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*A. Terrigenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments arrive in the ocean from
continents via rivers?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*A. Sand - Answer-select the largest particle in this list:
A. Sand B. Silt C. Clay D. Aeolian dust
*B. Evaporites - Answer-Which of the following are hydrogenous sediments?
A. quartz sand B. evaporites C. siliceous oozes
D. tektites
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*B. are associated with deep-sea canyons - Answer-Deep-Sea fans...
A. form along mid-ocean rises and ridges
B. are associated with deep-sea canyons
C. are formed by river sediment deposits
D. are resuspended during severe storms
*C. volcanic activity - Answer-Which of the following is NOT considered to be evidence
for continental drift?
A. matching sizes and shapes of coastlines
B. Seafloor age
C. volcanic activity
D. similarities in the fossil record
*A. 3% - Answer-The amount of water that exists as freshwater as a percentage of the
total amount of water on the earth is approximately:
A. 3% B. 18% C. 10% D. 31% E. 70%
*D. 3,800 - Answer-The average depth of the World's oceans is ______ meters.
A. 40,000 B. 2,872 C. 12,300 D. 3,800 E. 3,200
*B. passive, active - Answer-______margins coincide with the trailing edge of plates,
but _______ boundaries do not
A. tectonic, static B. passive, active C. active, passive D. tectonic, active E. stationary,
active
*B. guyots - Answer-Submerged, flat-topped seamounts are also known as ______.
A. abyssal hills B. guyots C. rifts D. relict reefs
E. hydrotherms
*D. a and b - Answer-Plate boundaries may be ......
A. divergent B. convergent C. transverse D. a and b E. a,b, and c
*C. isostasy - Answer-The theoretical balance in buoyancy of all parts of the Earth's
crust is known as _____.
A. isotony B. compensation C. isostasy D. plate flotation E. static equilibrium
*E. Alfred Wegener - Answer-The concept of continental drift is attributed to_____.
A. Charles Darwin B. Ptolemy C. James Cook D. Aristotle E. Alfred Wegener
*B. convergent - Answer-Deep-ocean trenches form along __________________
boundaries.
,A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. a and b E. a, b, and c
*E. mantle, basalt - Answer-In terms of density, _______ has a higher mass per unit
volume than _________
A. water, crust B. basalt, mantle C. granite, mantle D. granite, basalt E. mantle, basalt
*C. seamounts - Answer-Steep-sided volcanoes, sometimes reaching the sea surface to
form islands are ____________.
A. table mounts B. guyouts C. seamounts D. hot-spots E. Abyssal hills
*B. passive - Answer-The east coast of the United States is a good example of a(n)
_________ margin.
A. active B. passive C. prograding D. retrograding E. trench
*C. plate movement - Answer-Mantle convection cells within the asthenosphere are
used to explain....
A. vertical migration B. island arcs C. plate movement D. seamounts E. isostasy
*D. trenches - Answer-Subduction zones are associated with _____
A. uplift
B. mid-ocean ridges
C. passive margins
D. trenches
E. divergence
*C. range from 0 - 180 degrees - Answer-Lines of longitude are....
A. parallel B. oriented east-west C. range from 0 - 180 degrees D. A,B,&C
*D. asthenosphere - Answer-Lithospheric plates "float" on the...
A. geotherm B. continents C. basalt layer D. asthenosphere E. granitic plate
*B. 0 deg latitude - Answer-The equator is located at....
A. 0 deg longitude
B. 0 deg latitude
C. along the prime meridian
D. Greenwich
*B. space - Answer-Cosmogenous sediments are derived from...
A. rocks B. space C. organic material D. water E. compounds dissolved in water
*A. flat abyssal plains - Answer-Most of the Earth's surface is occupied by ....
A. flat abyssal plains B. trenches C. mid-ocean ridges
D. Continental shelves E. turbidites
*D. Hawaiian - Answer-The ________ Islands are a good example of the result of
crustal "hot spots" in the ocean floor
, A. Canary B. Caribbean C. Virgin D. Hawaiian E. Lesser Antilles
*C. divergent zone - Answer-A boundary in which crustal plates move opposite to one
another is called a:
A. transform fault B. convergent zone C. divergent zone D. drift valley
*A. seawater - Answer-One cubic meter of which of these would weigh the least?
A. seawater B. granite rock C. basaltic rock D. mantle
*C. divergent plate boundaries - Answer-The mid-ocean ridges are:
A. subduction zones
B. transform plate boundaries
C. divergent plate boundaries
D. convergent plate boundaries
*A. convection - Answer-One force that drives plate movement is:
A. convection
B. winds
C. ocean currents
D. conduction
*D. microscopic hard parts of single-celled living organisms - Answer-The oozes on the
seafloor mostly consist of:
A. boulders and cobbles from glaciers oozing off the land
B. bones and teeth of bottom-dweelling fishes
C. fine muds washed down the continental slope to the seafloor
D. microscopic hard parts of single-celled living organisms
*B. Biogenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments would be considered oozes?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*D. Cosmogenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments cover the smallest area of
seabed?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*A. Terrigenous - Answer-Which of the following sediments arrive in the ocean from
continents via rivers?
A. Terrigenous B. Biogenous C. Hydrogenous D. Cosmogenous
*A. Sand - Answer-select the largest particle in this list:
A. Sand B. Silt C. Clay D. Aeolian dust
*B. Evaporites - Answer-Which of the following are hydrogenous sediments?
A. quartz sand B. evaporites C. siliceous oozes
D. tektites
