Review: Boundary Types, Sea Floor Features, and Sedimentation

Question 1

Where do we find biogenous sediment?

Accepted Answer

Deep-ocean floor

Question 2

What carries terrigenous sediment to the oceans?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Which region of the sea floor is known as the flattest feature on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 4

What is responsible for forming submarine canyons?

Accepted Answer

Turbidity Currents

Question 5

What is the part of the sea floor between the continental margin and the mid-ocean ridges?

Accepted Answer

Sea floor basin

Question 6

What process is illustrated in the video?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

What type of sediment consists of shells and skeletons of marine animals and algae?

Accepted Answer

Biogenous

Question 8

Tectonic plates float on what layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 9

How did the island of Hawaii form?

Accepted Answer

A hot spot

Question 10

About how much of the ocean floor is covered by the mid-ocean ridges?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 11

What do we call the transition zone between continents and oceans?

Accepted Answer

Continental Margin

Question 12

What type of boundary is represented by the arrows?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 13

Why are the strongest earthquakes found along transform boundaries?

Accepted Answer

The plates are sliding along each other, creating friction

Question 14

The image is most likely what?

Accepted Answer

Terrigenous sediment

Question 15

What is a seamount?

Accepted Answer

An active volcano that is below the surface of the ocean

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