IB Oceans and their Coastal Margins

Question 1

Which coastal landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Sea stack

Question 2

Which lifeform absorbs and stores carbon dioxide in the oceans?

Accepted Answer

Plankton

Question 3

Which part of the Ocean floor is most frequently exploited by humans to obtain resources?

Accepted Answer

Continental shelf

Question 4

What type of rock lithology will be most vulnerable to marine erosion?

Accepted Answer

Clay

Question 5

Which of these Ocean currents flows from the Southern Ocean to reach the Peruvian Coast?

Accepted Answer

The Humboldt Current

Question 6

What force create waves?

Accepted Answer

The wind

Question 7

Why is heavy metal pollution so dangerous to humans?

Accepted Answer

It rises up the food chain to poison humans

Question 8

What weather will a warm ocean current be most likely to bring to an adjacent coastal area?

Accepted Answer

Warm and wet

Question 9

Which coastal defence technique is being used in this image?

Accepted Answer

Groynes

Question 10

What Ocean floor landform is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Mid-oceanic ridge

Question 11

During an El Nino what are the climatic conditions like in Peru?

Accepted Answer

Warmer and wetter than usual

Question 12

What coastal feature is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

A relict beach

Question 13

How many years does it take for water to pass around the entire oceanic conveyor system?

Accepted Answer

1000 years

Question 14

What is the name of the nuclear power plant in Japan that is polluting the ocean right now?

Accepted Answer

Fukashima

Question 15

During a La Nina what are the climatic conditions like in Peru?

Accepted Answer

Colder and drier than usual

Question 16

Which of these ideas is an example of soft engineering in coastal defence projects?

Accepted Answer

Beach replenishment

Question 17

Changes in the temperature of which ocean trigger an El Nino event?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Question 18

What process drives the creation of sea floor spreading and continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

Question 19

What happens to water temperature in the oceans as the depth increases?

Accepted Answer

It get colder

Question 20

Which country contributes the greatest amount of plastic pollution into the oceans?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 21

Which of the following oceanic resources is biotic?

Accepted Answer

Seaweed

Question 22

Which natural disasters are triggered by a powerful El Nino?

Accepted Answer

Drought in Australia, Flooding in Peru

Question 23

Where is this place?

Accepted Answer

Barranco district, Peru

Question 24

Which coastal landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Coastal Spit

Question 25

Which of these terms is categorised as a sub-aerial process?

Accepted Answer

Freeze-thaw weathering

Question 26

Which Ocean is shown in the image displayed?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 27

What danger is posed by the addition of too much Carbon Dioxide into the Oceans?

Accepted Answer

Ocean acidification, All of these points (A, B, C)

Question 28

What feature is created at the base of a cliff by marine erosion?

Accepted Answer

Wave cut notch

Question 29

Which of these countries has the largest fishing fleet?

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 30

Which coastal defence technique is being used in this image?

Accepted Answer

Gabions

Question 31

What is the name of the policy created by the EU to manage fisheries more sustainably?

Accepted Answer

Common Fisheries Policy

Question 32

What conditions are required for the formation of coastal sand dunes?

Accepted Answer

High tidal range, strong onshore wind

Question 33

Which part of the World releases the most oil into the oceans?

Accepted Answer

The Middle East

Question 34

During a El Nino what are the climatic conditions like in Australia and Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

Colder and drier than usual

Question 35

What is the name for the process shown in this diagram?

Accepted Answer

Littoral drift

Question 36

What coastal feature is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

A ria

Question 37

Which of these warm Ocean currents flows from the Caribbean Sea to North Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Gulf Stream

Question 38

What coastal protection techniques are being applied here?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 39

Which of the following bodies of water would have the highest concentration of salt?

Accepted Answer

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 40

Which Ocean is shown in the image displayed?

Accepted Answer

Indian Ocean

Question 41

What is the name of the process by which European countries sell on their allocation of fish?

Accepted Answer

Quota hopping

Question 42

What characteristics will combine to create the densest sea water?

Accepted Answer

cold and salty

Question 43

Which Ocean is shown in the image displayed?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Question 44

What is this map showing?

Accepted Answer

Areas most effected by overfishing

Question 45

What is the name applied to a coastal area being submerged by the sea?

Accepted Answer

Retreating coastline

Question 46

Which of the following oceanic resources is abiotic?

Accepted Answer

Sand

Question 47

Which country is most strongly effected by the Kuroshio Current?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 48

Which statement best describes the main differences between oceanic and continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic crust is younger, denser and thinner

Question 49

What Ocean floor landform is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Guyot

Question 50

What Ocean floor landform is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Continental shelf

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