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Oceanography Midterm Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process by which a valid investigation is done?

a)

Scientific Journey

b)

Scientific Steps

c)

Scientific Process

d)

Scientific Method

2.

A scientific prediction that is made before an experiment

a)

Analysis

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Purpose

d)

Research

3.

A record and interpretation of the data collected

a)

Analysis

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Purpose

d)

Research

4.

The process of gathering information before an experiment

a)

Analysis

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Purpose

d)

Research

5.

The reason the experiment is being carried out

a)

Analysis

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Purpose

d)

Research

6.

Explorers who dominated ocean exploration in the Middle Age, made it to North America

a)

Bartholomew Diaz

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Vikings

d)

Herodotus

7.

Prepared a world map in 450 BC that showed 3 continents surrounded by a vast ocean

a)

Bartholomew Diaz

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Vikings

d)

Herodotus

8.

First to explore the eastern Atlantic Ocean; made it to England and sailed around Africa

a)

Bartholomew Diaz

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Vikings

d)

Herodotus

9.

Reached the southern tip of Africa, founded Cape of Good Hope

a)

Bartholomew Diaz

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Vikings

d)

Herodotus

10.

Piloted first circumnavigation of the world, finished by Juan Sebastian Elcano

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

James Cook

d)

John Harrison

11.

Sailed the Pacific and explored Australia, Hawaii, and New Zealand

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

James Cook

d)

John Harrison

12.

Sailed around the southern tip of Africa and made it to India

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

James Cook

d)

John Harrison

13.

Invented the chronometer, made navigation by longitude possible

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco de Gama

c)

James Cook

d)

John Harrison

14.

Which of these are compositional layers of the Earth?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

All of these choices

15.

What happens to pressure as you move towards the center of the Earth?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stays the same

16.

What happens to temperature as you move towards the center of the Earth?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stays the same

17.

As you move towards the center of the Earth, what happens to density?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stays the same

18.

This layer is composed of all the water around the Earth

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

19.

This layer is composed of the gaseous envelope around the Earth

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

20.

This is a term used to describe the underwater landscape

a)

Bathymetry

b)

Altimetry

c)

Symmetry

d)

Isostacy

21.

This refers to the balancing of an object while it is floating

a)

Bathymetry

b)

Altimetry

c)

Symmetry

d)

Isostacy

22.

Rocks can act like fluids if…

a)

…they are really cold

b)

…they are under a lot of pressure

c)

…they are in an earthquake

d)

…they sit in the sun too long

23.

What is number 1

a)

Cont. Shelf

b)

Cont. Slope

c)

Cont. Rise

d)

Shelf Break

24.

What is number 2

a)

Cont. Shelf

b)

Cont. Slope

c)

Cont. Rise

d)

Shelf Break

25.

What is number 3

a)

Submarine Canyon

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Trench

26.

What is number 4

a)

Submarine Canyon

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Trench

27.

What is number 8

a)

Submarine Canyon

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Trench

28.

What is number 5

a)

Seamount

b)

Guyot

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Island

29.

What is number 6

a)

Seamount

b)

Guyot

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Island

30.

What is number 7

a)

Seamount

b)

Guyot

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Island

31.

What is number 9

a)

Seamount

b)

Guyot

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Island

32.

What is number 10

a)

Cont. Shelf

b)

Cont. Slope

c)

Cont. Rise

d)

Shelf Break

33.

Put into Scientific Notation: 5,093,000

a)

50.93 x 105

b)

5.93 x 105

c)

5.93 x 106

d)

50.93 x 106

34.

Put into Scientific Notation: 0.000000684

a)

6.84 x 10-7

b)

6.84 x 107

c)

6.84 x 10-8

d)

6.84 x 108

35.

Expand from Scientific Notation: 3.04 x 108

a)

30400000

b)

0.00000304

c)

0.0000000304

d)

304000000

36.

Expand from Scientific Notation: 1.89 x 10-4

a)

0.00000189

b)

1890000

c)

0.000189

d)

18900

37.

This is what happens at the mid-ocean ridge where new oceanic crust is made

a)

Sea Floor Spreading

b)

Sea Floor Explosion

c)

Ocean Crust Dynamics

d)

Ocean Crust Birth

38.

As new crust is made at the mid-ocean ridge, what happens to old crust?

a)

It grows up until it becomes an island

b)

It acts like a conveyor belt and moves towards the continental crust

c)

It becomes continental crust

d)

It stays where it is and new crust builds over it.

39.

What process is driving magma to well up at the mid-ocean ridges and pull the crust down into the mantle?

a)

Subduction Forces

b)

Subduction Currents

c)

Conduction Currents

d)

Convection Currents

40.

T or F? The rock farthest away from the mid-ocean ridge will record the newest magnetic field readings

a)

True

b)

False

41.

T or F? Magnetic anomalies are alternate positive and negative recordings of the oceanic crust’s basaltic rock

a)

True

b)

False

42.

T or F? Earth’s magnetic field is constant

a)

True

b)

False

43.

T or F? Water forms a seven sided shape when it bonds to other water molecules

a)

True

b)

False

44.

T or F? Water acts like a magnet when it attracts other water molecules.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Which type of plate boundary slides across?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

46.

Which type of plate boundary pulls apart?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

47.

Which type of plate boundary comes together?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

48.

Which variable goes on the X-axis?

a)

Independent

b)

Dependent

49.

Which variable goes on the Y-axis?

a)

Independent

b)

Dependent

50.

Which is the correct order of the densities of the states of water from MOST DENSE to LEAST DENSE?

a)

Ice, water, water vapor

b)

water, water vapor, ice

c)

ice, water vapor, water

d)

water, ice, water vapor

51.

What stage of the Wilson Cycle is second and is represented by the Red Sea?

a)

Juvenile

b)

Mature

c)

Declining

d)

Terminal

52.

What stage of the Wilson Cycle is third and is represented by the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Juvenile

b)

Mature

c)

Declining

d)

Terminal

53.

What stage of the Wilson Cycle is fourth and is represented by the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Juvenile

b)

Mature

c)

Declining

d)

Terminal

54.

What stage of the Wilson Cycle is fifth and is represented by the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Juvenile

b)

Mature

c)

Declining

d)

Terminal

55.

In what 2 ways are sediments classified?

a)

Color

b)

Crystal Shape

c)

Size

d)

Origin

56.

Terrigenous?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

57.

Biogenous?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

58.

Authigenic?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

59.

Volcanogenic?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

60.

Hydrogenous?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

61.

Cosmogenic?

a)

made from chemical precipitates in the sea water

b)

from the shells and bones of living things

c)

from the land, travels down streams and rivers to the ocean

d)

very fine sediment from outer space origins

e)

sediments from volcanic activity

62.

What type of sediment do we expect to find on temperate shelves?

a)

Calcarious biogenous sediments

b)

River deposited terrigenous sediments

c)

Glacial till and ice-rafted sediments

63.

What type of sediment do we expect to find on polar shelves?

a)

Calcarious biogenous sediments

b)

River deposited terrigenous sediments

c)

Glacial till and ice-rafted sediments

64.

What type of sediment do we expect to find on tropical shelves?

a)

Calcarious biogenous sediments

b)

River deposited terrigenous sediments

c)

Glacial till and ice-rafted sediments

65.

Select all that apply: Which sediment will dominate the continental shelf?

a)

Terrigenous

b)

Biogenous

c)

Hydrogenous

d)

Volcanogenic

e)

Cosmogenic

66.

Select all that apply: Which sediment will dominate the abyssal plain?

a)

Terrigenous

b)

Biogenous

c)

Hydrogenous

d)

Volcanogenic

e)

Cosmogenic

67.

Select all that apply: Which sediment will dominate the mid ocean ridge?

a)

Terrigenous

b)

Biogenous

c)

Hydrogenous

d)

Volcanogenic

e)

Cosmogenic

68.

Which is the largest ocean basin?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

69.

Most of the salt in seawater is _______________.

a)

MgCl2

b)

KI

c)

CaSO4

d)

NaCl

70.

The average salinity of the ocean is _______________ ppt.

a)

45

b)

35

c)

2

d)

15

71.
Why does an ice shelf float?
a)
it is more dense
b)
it is less dense
c)
the ice is melting faster than it can sink
d)
vegetation is sinking below and causing it to float
72.
A trench is formed at what zone?
a)
subduction
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
strike-slip
73.
Which best describes the continental shelf?
a)
a flat underwater valley 
b)
a region of mountains in the deep ocean 
c)
a shallow area of sediment near the shore 
d)
a region with high water pressure 
74.
The ocean covers 50% of Earth's surface.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
Where is the ocean deepest?
a)
ocean trench
b)
volcanic island
c)
abyssal plain 
d)
mid-ocean ridge
76.

What is the name of the scientific study of the ocean?

a)

Biology

b)

Microbiology

c)

Oceanography

d)

Oceanology

77.

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth?

a)

Magellan

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Prince Henry

78.
An isolated flat-topped mountain is known as 
a)
guyot
b)
trench
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
79.
The flat, smooth part of the deep ocean floor
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
abyssal plain
80.
The shallow area at the edges of the continents
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
guyot
81.
What letter is B?
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
Cont. Slope
c)
Cont. Rise
d)
Abyssal Plain
82.
What is the process of water vapor changing into liquid water?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Condensation
d)
Infiltration 
83.
What might form on the ocean floor where two plates separate?
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Ocean trench
c)
Continental shelf
d)
Seamount
84.
What ocean floor feature may eventually turn into a volcanic island, like Hawaii?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Seamount
85.
What percent of Earth is water?
a)
71%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
89%
86.
What feature is A?
a)
Continental shelf
b)
Continental slope
c)
Trench
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
87.
What feature is E?
a)
Volcanic island
b)
Seamount
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Abyssal plain
88.
What feature is D?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Trench
d)
Continental rise
89.

True or false: Oceanography is usually considered to have started with the Meteor expedition.

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Which is not part of the continental margin?

a)

abyssal plains

b)

continental shelf

c)

continental slope

d)

submarine canyons

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