
Ocean Floor Quiz
Passage
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Geography
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9th Grade
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Hard
Andrea Tucker
FREE Resource
10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why haven't we talked a lot about the ocean floor?
There is no significant geological activity on the ocean floor
It is difficult to obtain information from the bottom of the ocean
The ocean floor is not important for scientific research
There are no interesting features on the ocean floor
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the deepest part of the North Atlantic?
Off the coast of Florida and Cuba
Near the Mariana Trench
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Along the continental shelf
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the three major provinces on the sea floor?
Continental margins, deep ocean basins, and oceanic mid-ocean ridge
Subduction zones, strike-slip faults, and mantle plumes
Continental shelves, abyssal plains, and seamounts
Trenches, volcanic islands, and accretionary wedges
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the boundary between the oceanic crust and the continental crust called?
Abyssal plain
Continental slope
Continental rise
Shelf break
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are accretionary wedges?
Thick accumulations of sediment on abyssal plains
Sites where moving lithospheric plates plunge into the mantle
Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor
Accumulations of deformed sediments and scrapes of oceanic crust
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where are the deepest parts of the ocean usually found?
On the continental shelves
In the trenches
Along the mid-ocean ridges
On the abyssal plains
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are submarine canyons?
Features found on passive continental margins
Accumulations of deformed sediments on the ocean floor
Narrow features that distribute sediments into the deep ocean
Isolated volcanic peaks near oceanic ridges
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