Ocean Geology Quiz

Which feature includes the deepest parts of the ocean

• deep sea trench

• contintental margin

• atoll

• rift valley

A characteristic of hydrothermal vents is that

• there isn't any sunlight there

• no life exists there

• it is made up of only salt water

• it is hydrogenous

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

• 71
• 82
• 50
• 63

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains
• continental slopes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This boundary is also called a colliding boundary.

• transform
• convergent
• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This boundary moves away from another boundary.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary do earthquakes usually occur along?

• transform
• divergent
• convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Alfred Wegener believed that all the continents were connected at one time.  What did he call this one large land mass?

• Pancakes
• Pangaea
• Pancreas
• Patches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

• Tectonic plates
• Trenches
• Divergent boundary
• Continental shelves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The deepest part of the ocean; long, narrow ditches

• Tectonic plates
• Trenches
• Divergent boundary
• Continental shelves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3