Unit 1: The Ocean Floor

Who was the first to come up with the theory of Continental Drift & Pangaea?

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

• Isaac Newton

This person is considered to be the world's first marine biologist due to his discovery that fish breathe using gills.

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

• Captain James Cook

What was the first permanent marine research lab established in the United States?

• Stazione Zoologica

• Baruch Institute

• Scripps Institute

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Which of the following is not a “true” ocean basin?

• Pacific

• Arctic

• Southern

• Indian

• Atlantic

The eruption of Mt. St. Helens was primarily caused because of...

• its location over a subduction zone.

• its location on a plate boundary.

• its location over a hot spot.

• an earthquake.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The formation of folded mountains is caused by _______ plates.

• converging

• diverging

• transform

• vertical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary neither creates nor destroys plates?

• converging

• diverging

• transform

• vertical

Subduction zones may cause... Check all that apply.

• the formation of a trench

• an earthquake

• a volcanic eruption

• viral outbreak

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

New sea floor is formed along which type of plate boundary?

• diverging

• converging

• transform

• vertical

Hot spots are always located on plate boundaries.

• Always True

• Sometimes True

• Always False