MBIO Ch.2 QUIZ

How much of earths surface is covered by the oceans?

• 53%
• 65%
• 71%
• 78%
• 80%

What is the largest percentage of Earth's oceans are found in the:

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere

One of the following is not one of the Earth's major ocean basins.

• Atlantic ocean
• Artic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Antarctic Ocean

The worlds smallest and shallowest ocean is:

• Atlantic ocean
• Artic ocean
• Indian ocean
• Antarctic ocean

The worlds largest and deepest ocean:

• Atlantic ocean
• Artic ocean
• Indian ocean
• Antarctic ocean
• Pacific

The Big Bang was:

• The origin of the Earth's magnetic field.
• The beginning of plate tectonics and continental drift.
• The origin of the oceans as water condensed on Earth.
• The giant cosmic explosion that occurred 13.7 billion years ago and created the Universe.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Density is:

• The mass of a substance per unit volume.
• A measure of weight.
• the mass of a substance multiplied by its percentage volume of water.
• A measure of volume.

the semi-solid layer of the earth found below the crust and outside of the core is called the:

• Inner core
• Mantle
• Inner crust
• Outer core

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The earth's magnetic field is thought to be caused by movements of liquid metal in which the the Earth's layers?

• Inner core
• Outer core
• Oceanic crust
• Mantle

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The thinnest layer of the Earth is the:

• Inner core
• Outer core
• Crust
• Mantle