Marine Biology Pages 32-34 Quiz

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

• Divergent Continental

• Divergent Oceanic

• Convergent Oceanic

• Convergent Continental-Continental

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin

Were the continents originally united or have they always been separated?

• United

• Always Separated

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Why do sea levels fall during ice ages?

• Water is trapped in glaciers on the continents

• Due to earthquakes

• Weather

• The animals in the ocean eating doen in the sand

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What is a deep-sea fan? (located on page 34 of your book)

What evidence helps scientists show how sea floor spreading occurs?

• Ocean floor material

• Magnetic Stripes

• Drilling Samples

• All of the above

Give me an example on where climate has rhythmically through much of its history.

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Describe a Pangea

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In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?

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  Towards the edges, near the eastern and western continents

• Towards the middle of the ocean

• Towards the north and south poles

• Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean

What does the word Pangea mean?

• big land mass

• old land

• all land