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Aquatic Science Marine Geology
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1
The dark line surrounding the continents at the top of the image is what
Mid ocean ridge
Trench
Seamounts
Abyssal plane
2
What methods can tell us what is under surface of the earth at shallow depths (close to surface
Ground Penetrating Radar
All of the above
Earthquakes
Seismic Graphs with dynamite
3
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic rock
granite
all of the above
dead tree
Fossil shells
4
Who came up with Sea Floor Spreading
Darwin
Wegner
Hess
All of them
5
The light blue areas around continents are what?
Continents
Abyssal plane
Continental shelf
Trenches
6
Which plate boundary does not typically have mountain building or volcanic activity
Hot Spot
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
7
At the Mid-ocean Ridge the youngest crust is found where
Equal Distance from middle of ridge to the furthest point
Furthest from the center of the ridge
Closest to the Center of the ridge
The deepest part of the ridge
8
The oldest continental crust is about.....
100 years
3.8 billion years
4.6 thousand years
200-250 million years
9
The mid ocean ridge is the most famous example of divergent boundary. Which is another example
Hawaiian Islands
Panama Basin
East African Rift
Pacific Ring of Fire
10
What direction is this arrow pointing
North East
North West
South
North
11
New crust can be formed at which of the following
All of the above
Divergent Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Hot Spots
12
Which plate always subducts?
Youngest Oceanic Plate
Oldest Continental plate
Oldest oceanic plate
Youngest Continental Plate
13
The plate the United States is found on is the
North American Plate
United States Plate
South American Plate
Antarctic Plate
14
An undersea mountain with a flat top is a
Seamount
Island
Plateau
Guyuot
15
Why is oceanic crust not as old as continental crust?
It always gets new sediment deposits of younger material
It ages different than continental crust
It gets subducted and recycled
It never gets subducted
16
The oldest Oceanic Crust is about
200-250 million years
5-10 thousand years
3.8 Billion Years
4.6 Billion Years
17
The partially liquid layer of the earth between the outer layer and the middle of the earth
Mantle
Oceanic Crust
Core
Crust
18
The small plate on the western edge of the United States near Northern California is the
North American Plate
Caribbean Plate
Jun De Fuca Plate
Cocos Plate
19
Who came up with the theory of continental drift which helped lead to Plate Tectonics
Harrison
Hess
Newton
Wegner
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The sphere of Earth where life exists
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Thermosphere
Biosphere
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A ring-shaped coral reef surrounding a lagoon; it rests on submerged volcanic islands
Atoll
Guyout
Fumerol
Volcanoe