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MB Q1: Intro to Marine Biology Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is marine biology?

a)

The study of marine life

b)

The study of animals

c)

swim racing

d)

deep sea diving

2.

what is the deepest part of the ocean?

a)

Kermadec Trench

b)

Tonga Trench

c)

Philippine Trench

d)

Kuril–Kamchatka Trench

e)

Mariana Trench

3.

the set of procedures by which scientists learn about the World

a)

the scientific steps

b)

the scientific method

c)

the set of study

d)

quantitative data defined

4.

the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea

a)

Oceanography

b)

Atmospheric Chemistry

c)

Meteorology

d)

Zoology

5.

a testable statement

a)

control

b)

variable

c)

hypothesis

d)

induction

6.

What percent of Earth's water is found in the oceans?

a)

40

b)

50

c)

60

d)

70

7.

The study of movement and interaction between objects in the ocean

a)

Biological Oceanography

b)

Chemical Oceanography

c)

geological Oceanography

d)

Physical Oceanography

8.

The study of life in the ocean

a)

biological oceanography

b)

physical oceanography

c)

chemical oceanography

d)

geological oceanography

9.

How many oceans are there?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

6

d)

5

10.

Which of these are the names of oceans? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Mexican

d)

Southern

e)

Antarctic

11.
Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Trenches
c)
Divergent boundary
d)
Continental shelves
12.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
New crust is always formed at the...
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
asthenosphere
14.
What process takes place at the trenches? 
a)
divergent boundaries
b)
subduction
c)
new crust is formed
d)
mountain ranges
15.
The oceanic crust is pushed aside on both sides of the 
a)
Continent's edge
b)
Deep-ocean trench
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
16.

What is one piece of evidence of seafloor spreading?

a)

scientists found animals at the bottom of the sea

b)

mountain rocks crashed into the ocean

c)

scientists found alternating bands of material aligned to the shifting magnetic poles

17.

Look at this image, which shows changes at mid-ocean ridges. The highlighted section shows how one location of the sea floor moves over time. Which process is demonstrated in this image?

a)

Continental drift

b)

earthquakes

c)

plate collisions

d)

sea-floor spreading

18.

___________ is the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.

a)

subduction

b)

ridge push

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

convection

19.
What is a divergent boundary? 
a)
two plates moving towards each other
b)
two plates rubbing side to side
c)
two plates moving away from each other
d)
happens in the lithosphere