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WorksheetsTelle - AICE Marine Science - Unit 6
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which of the following are problems that tide pool organisms must deal with at low tide?
Low dissolved oxygen
High salinity
Wave action
High temperatures
Which type of plate boundaries can lead to the formation of volcanoes?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Hydrothermal vents can form at which boundary type(s):
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
What is the first step in hydrothermal vent formation?
Cold water seeps through Earth's crust
Chemosynthetic bacteria colonize the vent
Hot water dissolves minerals in the crust
Magma heats water
Which of the following terms describes the buoyant properties of rock layers floating on lower layers of the Earth?
Continental drift
Isostasy
Convection current
Vertical zonation
Why are hydrothermal vents considered EXTREME environments?
High pressure
High pH
No light
Presence of caustic chemicals
Which best describes how plates are moving at a transform boundary?
Plates move past each other sideways
Plates move towards each other
Plates move away from each other
Which of the following plate boundaries is involved in trench formation?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Which of the following are pieces of evidence for plate tectonics?
Fossil species found across different continents
The continents roughly fit together like a puzzle
Magnetic striping on the ocean floor moving away from mid-ocean ridges
Shoreline erosion occurs everywhere on the planet
Which of the following organisms would you most likely find on a sandy shore, but not a rocky one?
Algae
Barnacle
Limpet
Clam
Which of the following terms is the process of drying out?
Isostasy
Desiccation
Littoral
Deposition
Which type of plate boundary is most likely to form a tsunami?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Which of the following are problems rocky shore organisms must deal with?
Wave action
Dessication
Constant erosion
Temperature changes
How is the water in a hydrothermal vent heated?
Magma
Friction
Convection
Lava
What type of sediment is most often found on a muddy shoreline?
Coarse sand
Silt
Gravel
Boulders
Which of the following mangrove species is NOT found in Florida?
Black
Grey
White
Red
What type of sand is made up of crushed pieces of shells and coral skeletons?
Quartz
Volcanic
Carbonate
Which of the following organisms would most likely live in the low tide zone on a rocky shoreline?
Lichen
Barnacle
Sea cucumber
Limpet
What word describes a partially enclosed, tidal, coastal body of water where freshwater from a river meets the salt water of the ocean?
Delta
Estuary
Bay
Lagoon
What strategy for dealing with salt water is a mangrove using if the salt water travels through the tree and is removed through the leaves?
Salt evaporation
Salt excretion
Salt exclusion
Salt expulsion
Why are estuaries important environments ecologically?
Act as nursery areas for many bird and fish species
Prevent shoreline erosion
Act as storm surge buffers
Filter out pollution coming from land
Salt Lake City is the capital of which U.S. state?
Nevada
Utah
New Mexico
Montana
Referring to a time when a person is no longer allowed to be out in public, what word comes from the French meaning "cover the fire"?
Curfew
Arrest
Terminus
Exile
In April 2014, what national pizza chain launched a new item called Specialty Chicken, a pizza-like creation that replaces dough-based crust with lightly-breaded chicken?
Domino's
Pizza Hut
Papa John's
Little Caesar's
In Greek mythology, who was the son of Daedalus who attempted to escape Crete using wings his father constructed of feathers and wax?
Chronos
Nemesis
Icarus
Sisyphus
Which NASA space shuttle shares its name with the deepest point of the Mariana Trench?
Discovery
Columbia
Atlantis
Challenger
