Marine Biology Chapter 2 Review Questions

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

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

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

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

Trenches are formed by which process?

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

Name the giant clams that survive near hydrothermal vents.

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

Water exiting a hydrothermal vent is usually ____ C.

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

Name the giant tube worms that live near hydrothermal vents.

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

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

The layers of the Earth are separated based on:

Which type of crust is more dense?

Oceans cover ___% of the globe.

Which type of crust is composed of granite?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The_____ is the most biologically rich part of the ocean.

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

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

Name the chimney like structure found at hydrothermal vents.

The one world "Supercontinent" was called:

_____ are the boundaries between continental crust and oceanic crust.

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

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

Which type of sediment is composed mainly of weathered rocks?

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

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

Which geophysicist proposed the first complete Theory of Continental Drift?

What are the two types of Earth's crust?

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

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