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1
What was the name of the Super Continent that broke apart?
Eurasia
Panda
Pangea
Laurasia
2
At what boundary do plates move TOWARD each other?
Convergent
Transform
Magnetic
Divergent
3
What is a local column of magma that does not move with the plate above it?
island spot
columnar
hot spot
trench
4
The scale used to measure sediments by their size is known as the ________ scale?
Hess
Wentworth
Darwin
Wegener
5
The ocean rocks are ___________ than the continental rocks.
same age
less dense
older than
younger than
6
Going from the center of the Earth outward, the 4 major layers is order are...
mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
Inner core, outer core, crust, and mantle
Inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
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Sediments that come from the continents are considered to be...
lithogenous
cosmogenous
hydrogenous
biogenous
8
The study of sediment layers is called...
Erosion
Paleoceanography
Stratigraphy
Desposition
9
What does letter G represent?
Ridge
Volcano
Trench
Attoll
10
What does letter D represent?
Trench
Ridge
Seamount
Continental Shelf
11
What does letter G represent?
Abyssal Plain
Seamount
Continental Shelf
Guyot
12
At what boundary do plates move APART?
convergent
divergent
magnetic
transform
13
What does letter F represent?
Ridge
Abyssal Plain
Continental rise
Continental Shelf
14
Seafloor Spreading creates...
new plate
damaged plate crust
new crust
damaged ocean crust
15
Two main ways that marine sediments are classified are:
temperature and depth
carbon content and location
origin and size
age and size
16
Geological Oceanography is the study of ...
water chemistry
waves and tides
living things
marine sediments
17
Process by which sediments, soil, and rocks is added to a landform or land mass is called...
Erosion
Paleoceanography
Sediment
Desposition
18
Who developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Leonardo DaVinci
Sir Frances Bacon
Christopher Columbus
Alfred Wegener
19
This can occur when plates slide past one another...
Sandstorm
Mountains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
20
At what boundary do plates move PAST?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Magnetic
21
The lithosphere is another name for the ....
solid part of the core
liquid layer that the mantle floats on
liquid part of the core
uppermost solid portion of the mantle and crust
22
Why does seafloor spreading occur?
earthquakes break apart the ocean floor
hot less dense magma below the Earths crust is forced upward
the oceans are getting bigger
new material is being added to continental crust
23
What does letter I represent?
Trench
Ridge
Abyssal Plain
Continental Shelf
24
Organic and inorganic particles accumulated together in a loose, consolidated form is called...
Deposition
Sediment
Stratigraphy
Erosion
25
The vertical circulation pattern in a gas/liquid caused by hot materials rising and cooling is
hot spot
pangea
convection
convergent boundary
26
The theory of continental drift states that....
new continents are formed when seafloor spreading occurs
all continents were connected but moved apart & still do
transform boundaries move and create volcanic islands
the continents were alway separated but might drift together
27
Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in/at __________.
divergent boundaries
subduction zones
strike-slip faults
transform boundaries
28
Sediments that form through chemical reactions in the water are called...
biogenous
cosmogenous
hydrogenous
lithogenous
29
Where plates meet and interact with each other is called?
body heat
plate boundary
convection
ocean boundary
30
What does Letter K represent?
Continental rise
continental shelf
ridge
trench
31
The study of prehistoric oceans is called...
Desposition
Stratigraphy
Paleoceanography
Erosion
32
What does letter B represent?
Volcanic Arc
Seamount
Trench
Abyss
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The process by which sediments are removed/transported is called...
Stratigraphy
Deposition
Erosion
Paleoceanography
