Oceanography Final Exam

What does SONAR stand for?

• Self Navigation and Ranging

• Sound Navigation Apparatus Rider

• Sound Navigation and Ranging

• Self-Ordered Navigation Apparatus Rider

What is the name of the Human Operated Vehicle that explored hydrothermal vents?

• Ron

• Jason

• Alvin

• Jack

Put the layers of the Earth in order from innermost layer to outermost layer.

• Inner core → outer core → mantle→ crust

• Inner core →→ Mantle → asthenosphere · → crust

• Inner core → outer core → mantle → asthenosphere → lithosphere → crust

• Inner core → outer core → mantle → lithosphere → asthenosphere → lithosphere → crust

What is the lithosphere?

• Layer of the crust responsible for forming volcanoes and earthquakes

• Layer of the mantle responsible for convection currents

• Layer of the mantle responsible for forming volcanoes and earthquakes

• Layer of the crust responsible for convection currents

What percentage of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in Water?

• 70%

• 80%

• 61%

• 29%

What organisms were lost at the end of the Mesozoic era?

• Dinosaurs

• Bacteria

• Furry Mammals

• Plant-life

What theory tells humans that the universe began 14 billion years ago?

• Nebular Hypothesis

• Big Bang Theory

Which plate boundary movement forms a Mid Ocean Ridge?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

A transform boundary creates.

• Tsunami

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Earthquake

• Ridge

What theory tells us how the seafloor is made?

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift