Ocean Unit 4 Review

A body of shallow water partly cut off from the ocean by coral reefs is called which of the following?

• a basin

• a bay

• a gulf

• a lagoon

The image shows a(n)

• plateau

• atoll

• gulf

• bay

A type of reef that lies close to the shore.

• fringing reef

• barrier reef

• atoll

• archipelago

A reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it by a channel of deep water.

• fringing reef

• barrier reef

• atoll

• archipelago

What type of continental margin is found at the Atlantic coast, has wide and shallow shelves and little seismic activity?

• inert

• active

• passive

• fringing

What most likely formed submarine canyons?

• earthquake activity

• deep rivers

• turbidity currents

• glacier scorching

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the order of the marine provinces from shore to mid-ocean ridge?

• shelf, abyssal plain, rise, slope

• abyssal plain, shelf, rise, slope

• abyssal plain, rise, slope, shelf

• shelf, slope, rise, abyssal plain

A seamount whose peak has eroded and become flat is called...

• abyssal plain

• continental shelf

• guyot

• continental rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Black smoke from hydrothermal vents is due to the presence of these elements...

• calcium carbonate.

• iron, copper, and zinc.

• barium and oxygen.

• silicon and calcium.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Where are hydrothermal vents are found mostly around...

• mid-ocean ridges and seamounts.

• continental shelf.

• guyots and abyssal plain.

• middle of the ocean.