Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 4: Oceanic Geography and the Earth

  1. Seismic waves experience drastic changes in velocity at which of the following?
  2. Moho discontinuity
  3. Benioff zone
  4. Richter fault
  5. Wadati boundary
  6. The Earth’s core is primarily composed of which of the following minerals?
  7. Magnesium and iron
  8. Nickel and iron
  9. Nickel and magnesium
  10. Magnesium and sodium
  11. What two variables are compared in a hypsographic curve?
  12. Elevation and land area
  13. Land area and iron content
  14. Iron content and temperature
  15. Temperature and sediment texture
  1. Which of the following does the lithosphere NOT include?
  2. Crust
  3. Core
  4. Upper mantle
  5. The lithosphere contains all of these.
  6. What is the lithosphere’s thickness?
  7. 8-10km
  8. 60-70km
  9. 80-100km
  10. 150-170km
  11. What is the name for the plastic ductile layer on which the lithosphere floats and moves?
  12. Active layer
  13. Asthenosphere
  14. Surimi
  15. Mantle
  1. What layer contains 2% of the oceans’ water and extends up to 300 meters from the surface?
  2. Mixed Layer
  3. Thermocline Transition Zone
  4. Pycnocline Transition Zone
  5. Deep Layer
  6. What percentage of the oceans’ water does the deep layer hold?
  7. 50%
  8. 80%
  9. 95%
  10. 30%
  11. What is the range of the depths in which there is a rapid change in density and temperature?
  12. 200 – 400 m
  13. 300 – 600 m
  14. 300 – 1000 m
  15. 400 – 700 m
  1. Which of the following is a viable theory of how the oceans formed?
  2. Organisms released water as a waste product and eventually filled the Earth with water
  3. As the liquid from volcanoes cooled down, water vapor condensed and created large bodies of water
  4. Basins were filled with water from the condensed balls of fire that constantly bombarded the Earth
  5. Hydrogen from ammonia combusted in the presence of oxygen and combined to make water vapor
  6. What kind of hydrothermal vent is the hottest?
  7. Blue smoker
  8. White smoker
  9. Megaplume
  10. Black smoker
  11. What is a guyot?
  12. Abyssal hill where the top has been eroded off
  13. Mid-ocean ridge that has peaks over 1 km tall
  14. Old seamount where the top has been eroded off
  15. Volcanic peak over 1 km tall
  1. Which one of the oceans has the greatest depth?
  2. Atlantic
  3. Artic
  4. Pacific
  5. Indian
  6. The side-scan sonar can map a strip of sea floor up to what length?
  7. 60 km
  8. 150 km
  9. 85 km
  10. 76 km
  11. Approximately how much of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans?
  12. 90 %
  13. 53%
  14. 32%
  15. 70 %
  16. Which Ocean covers the largest area of the Earth?
  17. Pacific
  18. Indian
  19. Arctic
  20. Atlantic
  1. Which is true of continental crust?
  2. it is thicker than oceanic crust and mostly granite
  3. it is thicker than oceanic crust and mostly basalt
  4. it is thinner than oceanic crust and mostly granite
  5. it is thinner than oceanic crust and mostly basalt.
  6. What ocean floor feature becomes a guyot?
  7. mid-ocean ridge
  8. abyssal hill
  9. trench
  10. seamount