Marine Biology Chapter 2 Review Questions

The_____ is the most biologically rich part of the ocean.

Which type of crust is more dense?

A crack in the earth’s crust formed when two pieces of crust are moving past each other is a(n)

Which type of crust is composed of granite?

Name the denser, more plastic layer of the upper mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

In marine biology, geoology is important for organisms' _____, the places where they live.

Oceans cover ___% of the globe.

The science of the history of Earth, its rocks, and its changes is called:

_____ are the boundaries between continental crust and oceanic crust.

A deep depression in the sea floor is called a(n):

Which process can be used to determine the age of a fossil?

Trenches are formed by which process?

Which geophysicist proposed the first complete Theory of Continental Drift?

Which hemisphere of the Earth consists of the greatest percentage of ocean?

Which type of continental margin would have lots of mountains and steep terrain?

The term _______ refers to the continuous body of water that surrounds Antarctica.

Which type of sediment is composed mainly of shells and skeletons?

Which chemical is necessary for bacteria to survive near hydrothermal vents?

_____ are cracks in the oceanic crust separating at the mid-ocean ridges.

Which type of sediment is composed mainly of weathered rocks?

Water exiting a hydrothermal vent is usually ____ C.

Which theory states that Earth formed from a giant explosion and resulting particle collisions?

A large amount of sand is actually coral rubble formed by:

The one world ocean at the time of Pangaea was called:

Magnetic “stripes” parallel to the mid-ocean ridge and are evidence of magnetic reversals are:

A continuous chain of submarine volcanoes that encircle the globe like seams on a baseball are:

Name the giant tube worms that live near hydrothermal vents.

Place the Earth's major ocean basins in order from smallest to largest.

What is the increase in temperature of Earth’s air and oceans, and its projected continuation?

What are the two types of Earth's crust?

Name the giant clams that survive near hydrothermal vents.

If every organism has 24g of C, with a half life of 300 years, how old is a fossil with 3g C?

Which of the following is a marine biological problem associated with global warming?

Name the fairly rigid layer of Earth composed of the crust and upper-most part of the mantle.

The layers of the Earth are separated based on:

Who was the first scientist to realize the continents fit together like puzzle pieces?

The one world "Supercontinent" was called:

The _____ is the innermost layer of the Earth, and it composed mainly of ____.

Name the chimney like structure found at hydrothermal vents.

The entire process by which new sea floor is generated is called: