Introduction to Oceanography

Secondary coasts that owe their character and appearance to processes that are primarily of marine origin

• TRUE

• FALSE

warm less dense material rises and cool dense material sinks creates a cycle called

• Seafloor spreading

• Convergent

• Convection Current

• Continent convergent

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What type of plate boundary interactions is this

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Continent-continent convergent

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Who integrated the ideas of continental drift theory and seafloor spreading into one concept

• Francis Bacon

• Alfred Wegener

• John Tuzo Wilson

• Matthew Maury

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Continental Margins that are not close to any plate boundary and no tectonic activity present

The largest of the ocean basins, which currently covers more than half of the ocean surface, is the ___________.

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Oceanic crust is primarily ________.

• basalt

• clay minerals

• granite

• carbonate sedimentary rocks

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Current scientific knowledge indicates that the most likely origin of most of Earth's oceans was due to _______.

• comets from outer space

• release of liquid water from the core

• water vapor released from volcanic outgassing

• water-bearing minerals found in meteorites

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How old were the microfossils of bacteria from the deep-water marine rocks that support the idea of life's origin on the deep-ocean floor?

• 3.0 bya

• 3.1 bya

• 3.2 bya

• 3.3 bya

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What is the primary force that drives ocean currents?

• Wind

• Tides

• Earth's rotation

• Salinity differences

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