Ocean Geology

Ocean Geology

10th - 12th Grade

34 Qs

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Ocean Geology

Ocean Geology

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Biology

10th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2

+2

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The origin of submarine canyons is not well understood, but most likely

is glacial, the work of glaciers depositing rock debris on the shelf.

is erosional, started by streams during periods when the sea level was lower.

is organic, resulting from the activities of burrowing organisms.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, and trenches are thought to

reverse roles in the Southern Hemisphere.

have no relationship to plate tectonics.

mark the boundaries between tectonic plates.

occur in the middle of tectonic plates.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two types of plates must collide to produce coastal mountain ranges?

two oceanic plates.

transform or shear boundaries.

two continental plates.

continental and an oceanic plate,

no collisions will produce coastal mountain ranges.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Deep-ocean sediments tend to have proportionately more _________ sediment than continental-shelf sediment.

biogenous

hydrogenous

terrigenous

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere consists of

several rigid plates that float on the asthenosphere.

continents that have drifted apart to their current locations.

hot spots that float up from the mantle.

an unbroken solid mass that surrounds the molten interior.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the theory of seafloor spreading, new seafloor ____ due to ____.

subsides at the trenches, polar reversal

emerges from the rift valley, magma pushing up from the asthenosphere

emerges from the mid-ocean ridge, basaltic orientation in the trenches

all of the above may be correct at different times

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The great heaps of unconsolidated sediment at the base of the continental slope are known as:

the abyssal plains.

the continental rise.

the mid-ocean mountains.

the abyssal hills.

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