Ocean Floor Quiz

Ocean Floor Quiz

9th Grade

10 Qs

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Ocean Floor Quiz

Ocean Floor Quiz

Assessment

Passage

Geography

9th Grade

Hard

Created by

Andrea Tucker

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

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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