Quiz about Ocean Geology

Question 1

A community of marine organisms that depend on the specialized environment found at rift zones in the ocean floor is...

Accepted Answer

rift community

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rift zones

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oceanic basaltic crust

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fracture zones

Question 2

A process by which magma driven by convection currents is turned back by the lithosphere, moves laterally (meaning sideways) and descends, causing lateral (sideways) movement of earth's crust

Accepted Answer

seafloor spreading

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escarpments

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subduction zones

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rift zones

Question 3

Linear region of unusually irregular ocean bottom that runs perpendicular to ocean ridges.

Accepted Answer

fracture zones

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transform fault

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continental drift

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midocean ridge

Question 4

The movement of continental masses as a result of seafloor spreading.

Accepted Answer

continental drift

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escarpments

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rift community

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midocean ridge

Question 5

A nearly continuous line of cliffs with sharp vertical drops

Accepted Answer

escarpments

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theory of plate tectonics

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seafloor spreading

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bathygraphic features

Question 6

New earth crust formed when magma erupting from midocean ridges cools.

Accepted Answer

oceanic basaltic crust

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fracture zones

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rift community

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bathygraphic features

Question 7

A long mountain range that froms along cracks on the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

midocean ridge

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fracture zones

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rift zones

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seafloor spreading

Question 8

Region of the ocean floor where old crust sinks to the earth's core and is recycled.

Accepted Answer

subduction zones

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fracture zones

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transform fault

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midocean ridge

Question 9

Theory stating that the movement of continental masses is the result of the movement of the plates on which they rest.

Accepted Answer

theory of plate tectonics

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oceanic basaltic crust

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bathygraphic features

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rift zones

Question 10

Fault occurring in regions where parallel, lithospheric plates slide past each other.

Accepted Answer

transform fault

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continental drift

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rift community

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escarpments

Question 11

A region where the lithosphere splits, separates, and moves apart as new crust is formed.

Accepted Answer

rift zones

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rift community

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seafloor spreading

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fracture zones

Question 12

The physical features of the sea floor

Accepted Answer

bathygraphic features

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continental drift

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midocean ridge

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transform fault

Question 13

The transition between the continental shelf and the continental slope is called

Accepted Answer

shelf break

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midocean ridge

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continental rise

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continental margin

Question 14

The oceanic crust is primarily comprised of:

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basalt-type rock

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granite-type rock

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quartz-type rock

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silicon-type rock

Question 15

Pangaea, the name given to the supercontinent that existed before the continental drift was coined by:

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Sir Francis Bacon

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Harry Hess

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Edward Suess

Question 16

Of the four main ocean basins, the largest is the:

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

Question 17

Seafloor spreading results in:

Accepted Answer

lateral (meaning sideways) movement of the crust

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vertical movement of the crust

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the earth getting bigger

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the earth getting smaller

Question 18

A region where old oceanic crust is being driven under another oceanic plate is called:

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a subduction zone

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a spreading center

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a midocean ridge

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a seamount

Question 19

A __________ is a body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean and is more or less landlocked.

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a sea

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a gulf

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a lake

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a bay

Question 20

A smaller body of water that is mostly cut off from the larger ocean or sea by land formations is a ____________.

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a gulf

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a sea

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a bay

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a lake

Question 21

A region of the ocean floor where the boundaries of lithospheric plates move apart is called a _______________ plate boundary.

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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zone

Question 22

A region of the ocean floor where the boundaries of the lithospheric plates move toward each other is called a ______________ plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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transform

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zone

Question 23

A flat expanse of an ocean basin is called an ____________ _____________.

Accepted Answer

abyssal plane

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oceanic crust

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seamount

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midocean ridge

Question 24

Movement of the lithospheric plates is driven by ______________ currents.

Accepted Answer

convection

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water

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electromagnetic

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surface

Question 25

A gentle slope at the base of a steep continental slope is called a continental _________.

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rise

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drift

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slope

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shelf

Question 26

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

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Zone

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 27

True of False:

The divergent plate boundaries move away from each other.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 28

True of False:

The convergent plate boundaries move away from each other.

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False

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True

Question 29

True of False:

The transform plate boundaries slide past each other.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 30

Which is the first type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type I)

Accepted Answer

Oceanic and continental

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Oceanic and oceanic

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Continental and continental

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land and sea

Question 31

Which is the second type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type II)

Accepted Answer

oceanic and oceanic

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oceanic and continental

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continental and continental

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land and sea

Question 32

Which is the third type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type III)

Accepted Answer

continental and continental

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oceanic and continental

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oceanic and continental

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land and sea

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