Quiz about Seabed 2030

Question 1

Which ocean floor feature is labeled "F"?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Ocean Trench

Answer

Continental Slope

Question 2

A shallow area of seafloor near the shore...

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Ocean Trench

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 3

Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Trench

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Continental Rise

Question 4

"A" on the diagram labels the...

Accepted Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Ocean Trench

Question 5

As the depth of the ocean water increases, the temperature...

Accepted Answer

decreases (colder)

Answer

increases (warmer)

Question 6

Which ocean floor feature is the steep cliff-like drop beyond the continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Ocean Trench

Question 7

Which part of the ocean floor is labeled "D"?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Blue-Ridge Mountains

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 8

As the depth of ocean waters increases, the pressure...

Accepted Answer

increases (more pressure)

Answer

decreases (less pressure)

Question 9

"C" on the Ocean Floor diagram represents the...

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Rise

Answer

Ocean Trench

Question 10

Where are you walking when you are wading in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Ocean Trench

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Continental Slope

Question 11

As the depth of the ocean water increases, the amount of light...

Accepted Answer

Decreases (less light)

Answer

Increases (more light)

Question 12

Which ocean floor feature is labeled "G"?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Trench

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Rise

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 13

What is this good looking fella?

Accepted Answer

Anglerfish

Answer

Vampire Squid

Answer

Tube worm

Answer

Nightmare fish

Question 14

Who is this nifty little guy and what's cool about him?

Accepted Answer

Vampire Squid. He is the only surviving member of his family.

Answer

Anglerfish. He catches other fish with bioluminescence.

Answer

Tube worm. They have a symbiotic relationship with chemosynthetic bacteria.

Answer

Chemosynthetic bacteria. They are the base of deep ocean food webs.

Question 15

What are these and what's cool about them?

Accepted Answer

Tube worms. They have a symbiotic relationship with chemosynthetic bacteria.

Answer

Anglerfish. He catches other fish with bioluminescence.

Answer

Vampire Squid. He is the only surviving member of his family.

Answer

Chemosynthetic bacteria. They are the base of deep ocean food webs.

Question 16

What do all of these organisms share?

Accepted Answer

They are all bioluminescent

Answer

They all live in the photic zone of the ocean

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They are chemosynthetic autotrophs

Answer

Family relationships

Question 17

What causes deep features like the Mariana Trench?

Accepted Answer

Subduction when plates collide

Answer

Rifts where plates pull apart

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Erosion on the top of a sea mount

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Volcanic activity above sea level

Question 18

What seafloor structure is labelled A?

Accepted Answer

Sea mount

Answer

Volcanic island

Answer

Gyuote

Answer

Continental slope

Question 19

What seafloor structure is labelled B?

Accepted Answer

Volcanic island

Answer

Gyuote

Answer

Sea mount

Answer

Continental slope

Question 20

What seafloor structure is labelled C?

Accepted Answer

Gyuote

Answer

Volcanic island

Answer

Sea mount

Answer

Continental slope

Question 21

What kind of producers form the base of the food web around hydrothermal vents?

Accepted Answer

Chemosynthetic bacteria

Answer

Tube worms

Answer

Algae

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Photosynthetic protists

Question 22

What are hydrothermal vents?

Accepted Answer

Towers of minerals caused by magma hitting cold water.

Answer

Deep rifts that form in subduction zones.

Answer

Mountains formed when 2 tectonic plates collide.

Answer

Volcanic islands formed when sea mounts break sea level

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