Marine Geology

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Biology
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10th - 12th Grade
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Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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34 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The origin of submarine canyons is not well understood, but most likely
is glacial, the work of glaciers depositing rock debris on the shelf.
is erosional, started by streams during periods when the sea level was lower.
is organic, resulting from the activities of burrowing organisms.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, and trenches are thought to
reverse roles in the Southern Hemisphere.
have no relationship to plate tectonics.
mark the boundaries between tectonic plates.
occur in the middle of tectonic plates.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which two types of plates must collide to produce coastal mountain ranges?
two oceanic plates.
transform or shear boundaries.
two continental plates.
continental and an oceanic plate,
no collisions will produce coastal mountain ranges.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Deep-ocean sediments tend to have proportionately more _________ sediment than continental-shelf sediment.
biogenous
hydrogenous
terrigenous
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere consists of
several rigid plates that float on the asthenosphere.
continents that have drifted apart to their current locations.
hot spots that float up from the mantle.
an unbroken solid mass that surrounds the molten interior.
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the theory of seafloor spreading, new seafloor ____ due to ____.
subsides at the trenches, polar reversal
emerges from the rift valley, magma pushing up from the asthenosphere
emerges from the mid-ocean ridge, basaltic orientation in the trenches
all of the above may be correct at different times
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The great heaps of unconsolidated sediment at the base of the continental slope are known as:
the abyssal plains.
the continental rise.
the mid-ocean mountains.
the abyssal hills.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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