Oceanography Units 1-3 review

The steeply-sloping and slower-spreading parts of the mid-ocean ridge are called ________.

Which of the following statements regarding continental and oceanic crust is TRUE?

The method that is used most frequently to investigate sediment and rock layers of the sea floor is ________.

Current scientific knowledge indicates that the most likely origin of most of Earth's oceans was due to ________.

The Hawaiian Islands are located where the Pacific plate is ________.

The four principal ocean basins (plus an additional ocean) on Earth are the ________.

Coral reefs ________.

Which of the following is characteristic of oceanic-continental convergent plate boundaries?

The prehistoric super continent was called ________________, and the ocean surrounding it was called __________________.

Which ocean is the deepest ocean in the world?

Deep ocean trenches are associated with ________.

The correct order of seafloor features from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is ____.

All true oceanic islands are ________ in origin.

All continents fit together with the least number of overlaps and gaps when the continents are matched along 

Which of the following is the predominant process that forms the thick blanket of sediment on the deep-ocean floor?

Volcanic features on the ocean floor that are less than 1,000 meters (0.6 miles) tall are called ________.

Underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and debris are ________.

The gently sloping and fast-spreading parts of the mid-ocean ridge are called ________.

Volcanoes on the seafloor that are flat-topped because of wave erosion are called ________.

Active continental margins are characterized by which of the following?

Tectonic plates are pieces of the ________ that float on the more fluid ________ below.

Which of the following is characteristic of oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries?

The largest of the ocean basins, which currently covers more than half of the ocean surface, is the ________.

Large volcanoes on the seafloor that are cone-shaped on top because they never reached sea level are called ________.

Characteristics of passive continental margins include which of the following?