Test Bank For Essentials of Oceanography 7th
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A fracture zone - Correct Answer ✅💯A seismically inactive area that shows evidence of
past transform fault activity;
occur beyond segments of the mid-ocean ridge;
, there is no relative motion because the parts of the lithospheric plate are moving in the same
direction
A transform fault - Correct Answer ✅💯A seismically active area that offsets the axis of the
mid-ocean ridge;
occur between offset segments of the mid-ocean ridge;
two lithosphere plates are moving in opposite directions
Abyssal hills or sea knolls - Correct Answer ✅💯Volcanic features that are less than 1000
meters tall;
They are one of the most abundant features on the planet and cover a large percentage of the
entire ocean basin floor
Abyssal plains - Correct Answer ✅💯Extending from the base of the continental rise into
the deep-ocean basins are flat depositional surfaces with slopes of less than a fraction of a
degree that cover extensive portions of the deep-ocean basins
Active margins - Correct Answer ✅💯Type of continental margin:
associated with lithospheric plate boundaries and are marked by a high degree of tectonic
activity;
There are two types: convergent which are associated with oceanic-continental convergent
plate boundaries and transform which are associated with transform plate boundaries
Alfred Wegener - Correct Answer ✅💯The first person to advance the idea of mobile
continents in 1912
Algae - Correct Answer ✅💯Primarily aquatic, eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms,
ranging in size from microscopic single cells to very large organisms like giant kelp
An echo sounder - Correct Answer ✅💯Sends a sound signal called a ping from the ship
downward into the ocean, where is produces echoes when it bounces off any density
difference
lacks detail and often gives an inaccurate view of the relief of the sea floor
most of our knowledge of ocean bathymetry has been provided by this
Anaerobic bacteria - Correct Answer ✅💯Live without atmospheric oxygen
They may have been able to derive energy from inorganic compounds at deep water
hydrothermal vents using a process called chemosynthesis (after autotrophs)
Antarctic or Southern Ocean - Correct Answer ✅💯Ocean that connects the pacific, atlantic
and indian oceans; south of about 50 degrees south latitude
Archimedes' Principle - Correct Answer ✅💯A floating body displaces a volume of water
equal to its own weight
Arctic Ocean - Correct Answer ✅💯Smallest and shallowest ocean; has a permanent layer
of sea ice
Edition by Toms Garrison| Latest Update
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Guaranteed Pass 100%
A fracture zone - Correct Answer ✅💯A seismically inactive area that shows evidence of
past transform fault activity;
occur beyond segments of the mid-ocean ridge;
, there is no relative motion because the parts of the lithospheric plate are moving in the same
direction
A transform fault - Correct Answer ✅💯A seismically active area that offsets the axis of the
mid-ocean ridge;
occur between offset segments of the mid-ocean ridge;
two lithosphere plates are moving in opposite directions
Abyssal hills or sea knolls - Correct Answer ✅💯Volcanic features that are less than 1000
meters tall;
They are one of the most abundant features on the planet and cover a large percentage of the
entire ocean basin floor
Abyssal plains - Correct Answer ✅💯Extending from the base of the continental rise into
the deep-ocean basins are flat depositional surfaces with slopes of less than a fraction of a
degree that cover extensive portions of the deep-ocean basins
Active margins - Correct Answer ✅💯Type of continental margin:
associated with lithospheric plate boundaries and are marked by a high degree of tectonic
activity;
There are two types: convergent which are associated with oceanic-continental convergent
plate boundaries and transform which are associated with transform plate boundaries
Alfred Wegener - Correct Answer ✅💯The first person to advance the idea of mobile
continents in 1912
Algae - Correct Answer ✅💯Primarily aquatic, eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms,
ranging in size from microscopic single cells to very large organisms like giant kelp
An echo sounder - Correct Answer ✅💯Sends a sound signal called a ping from the ship
downward into the ocean, where is produces echoes when it bounces off any density
difference
lacks detail and often gives an inaccurate view of the relief of the sea floor
most of our knowledge of ocean bathymetry has been provided by this
Anaerobic bacteria - Correct Answer ✅💯Live without atmospheric oxygen
They may have been able to derive energy from inorganic compounds at deep water
hydrothermal vents using a process called chemosynthesis (after autotrophs)
Antarctic or Southern Ocean - Correct Answer ✅💯Ocean that connects the pacific, atlantic
and indian oceans; south of about 50 degrees south latitude
Archimedes' Principle - Correct Answer ✅💯A floating body displaces a volume of water
equal to its own weight
Arctic Ocean - Correct Answer ✅💯Smallest and shallowest ocean; has a permanent layer
of sea ice
