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Marine Science Topic 1 and 2 Review
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Marine Science Topic 1 and 2 Review
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1
What feature is at D
Continental Rise
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Seamount
Trench
2
Earth has
5 major seas and one world ocean
5 ocean basins and one world ocean
5 oceans and 6 seas
5 oceans
3
What is the best estimate for the coordinates at Key West
24.5 N, 81.8 W
81.8 W, 24.5 N
25.5 N, 81.8 W
24.5 N, 82.2 W
4
The continental margin at F is best defined as
Transform
Active
Passive
Divergent
5
The area where continental and oceanic crust meet is a
Continental slope
Continental margin
Continental slop
Active margin
6
The first proposed mechanism for continental drift was
John Cena
Density stratification
Convection
Centrifugal force
7
Hot spots are only found in the ocean
False
True
8
What city is located closest to the 29N latitude
De Land
Titusville
Tavares
Ocala
9
The two plates along the US west coast are
Juan de Fuca and Pacific
Juan de Fuca and Nazca
Pacific and Cocos
Cocos and Nazca
10
0 Degrees Latitude is the
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
Polar Coordinate
11
The Beaufort Sea is located
Off the east coast of South America
South of Australia
North of Alaska
South of Alaska
12
The abyssal plain is
On continental crust
Found on both types of crust
Only found at passive margins
On oceanic crust
13
What event(s) lead to the oxygen revolution?
Comets striking Earth
CO2 dissolving in seawater
Outgassing
O2 produced by photosynthesis
14
Which map projection can show the entire earth?
Cylindrical
Robinson
Azimuthal
Conical
15
The image below is called a
Hypsographic Curve
Depth Profile
Seismograph
Histogram
16
Loihi, located over the Hawaiian hot spot, is a
Rift valley
Guyot
Volcanic Island
Seamount
17
Which map projection is useful in nautical navigation?
Conical
Mercator
Central
Azimuthal
18
Trenches form when
Continental crust converges with continental
Oceanic crust diverges from continental
Oceanic crust converges with continental
Continental crust diverges from continental
19
The Pacific Plate is moving
West
Northwest
East
Northeast
20
Divergent boundaries can only occur in oceanic crust
False
True
21
The ocean contains what percentage of Earth's water?
93%
90%
95%
97%
22
What feature is at A?
Rift
Continental Shelf
Continental slope
Abyssal Plain
23
What is formed at convergent boundaries with 2 continental plates
Trenches
Mountain ranges
Rift Valleys
Subduction
24
Passive margins are characterized by
Deep trenches
Earthquakes
Short continental shelf
Continental Rise
25
What discovery later helped support Wegener's Theory?
Matching fossil records
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Hydrothermal vents
Shape of the contienents
26
What percentage of earth's surface is above the mean altitude of land?
30%
27%
10%
90%
27
During an earthquake, which wave arrives first?
Body Wave
P-Wave
S-Wave
28
The correct order of events in Earth's formation is
Big bang, accretion, outgassing, density stratification
Big bang, density stratification, accretion, outgassing
Big bang, outgassing, density stratification, accretion
Big bang, accretion, density stratification, outgassing
29
The youngest crust on earth is found
At mid-ocean ridges
At subduction zones
On the abyssal plain
On continents
