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Chapter 03

The Sea Floor

True / False Questions

1. The deepest places on Earth, more than 11 km below sea level, are the abyssal plains.
   FALSE

 

2. Terrigineous sediment is sediment derived from the land.
   TRUE

 

3. Ocean water originated mainly from degassing of the Earth’s interior.
   TRUE

 

4. All rocks and sediments of the sea floor are more than 3 billion years old.
   FALSE

 

5. The ocean became salty as water picked up chlorine from volcanic gases and sodium and magnesium from weathering of minerals at the Earth’s surface.
   TRUE

 

6. Ophiolitic sediment is composed of wind-blown dust and microscopic skeletons that settle slowly to the sea floor.
   FALSE

 

 

7. Guyots and seamounts are scattered randomly on the sea floor.
   FALSE

 

8. The continental rise is a wedge of sediment that extends from the lower part of the continent slope to the deep-sea floor.
   TRUE

 

9. Submarine canyons are erosional features.
   TRUE

 

10. An oceanic trench is a deep narrow rift parallel to the crest of a mid-oceanic ridge.
    FALSE

 

11. Abyssal plains are the flattest features on Earth.
    TRUE

 

12. Most seamounts are active volcanoes.
    FALSE

 

13. Atolls are circles of reefs that rim lagoons.
    TRUE

 

14. A rift valley runs down the crest of most mid-oceanic ridges.
    TRUE

 

 

15. Pelagic sediment is sediment that settles slowly through the ocean water.
    FALSE

 

16. Passive margins are found on the edges of most of the landmasses bordering the Pacific Ocean.
    FALSE

 

17. Oceans cover more than 71% of the Earth’s surface.
    TRUE

 

18. The island of Iceland appears to be an exposed section of the Atlantic mid-oceanic ridge.
    TRUE

 

19. A contour current is a bottom current that flows parallel to the slopes of the continental margin.
    TRUE

 

20. Continental slopes are often marked by lines of hot springs that precipitate metals.
    FALSE

 

Multiple Choice Questions

21. The study of _____ rocks, sediment, and topography provided most of the information that led to the concept of plate tectonics.
    A.seafloor
    B. ocean boundaries containing
    C. continental interior
    D. mid-oceanic ridge
    E. abyssal plains

 

22. These machines can take geologists to many parts of the sea floor to observe, photograph, and sample rock and sediment.
A.deep sea drilling platforms
B. submersibles
C. sonar
D. echo sounder
E. multibeam sonar

 

23. This instrument works on essentially the same principles as echo sounder but can penetrate the bottom of the sea floor and provides more information.
    A.multibeam sonar
    B. single beam sonar
    C. seismic refraction profiler
    D. seismic reflection profiler
    E. sonar profiler

 

24. Abyssal fans are made up of _____ sediment that has moved down submarine canyons
    A.abyssal
    B. continental slope
    C. deep sea
    D. marine pelagic
    E. land-derived

 

25. Turbidity currents are great masses of sediment-laden water that are pulled downhill by ____.
    A.landslides
    B. submarine canyons
    C. gravity
    D. earthquakes, storms, volcanic eruptions
    E. Earth’s rotation

 

 

26. _____ currents are bottom currents that flows parallel to the slopes of the continental margin.
    A.Turbidity
    B. Gulf Stream
    C. Newfoundland
    D. Contour
    E. Abyssal

 

27. A(n) _____ continental margin usually lacks a continental rise and an abyssal plain and is associated with convergent plate boundaries.
    A.active
    B. passive
    C. transform
    D. subducting
    E. remote

 

28. Earthquakes, volcanoes, Benioff seismic zones, and island arcs are all associated with this sea floor feature.
    A.guyots
    B. passive margin
    C. seamounts
    D. oceanic trench
    E. abyssal plains

 

29. Mid-oceanic ridges are often marked by lines of _____ that carry and precipitate metals.
    A.ocean currents
    B. hot springs
    C. seismic ridges
    D. submarine volcanoes
    E. ocean trenches

 

 

30. _____ are major lines of weakness in Earth’s crust that cross the mid-oceanic ridge at right angles.
    A.Abyssal fans
    B. Fracture zones
    C. Submarine canyons
    D. Transform faults
    E. Fold belts

 

31. Geologists’ ideas about the composition of ocean crust are greatly influenced by the study of ____.
    A.ophiolites
    B. continental volcanoes
    C. chert
    D. the Mohorovicic discontinuity
    E. the asthenosphere

 

32. The ____ is a shallow submarine platform at the edge of a continent.
    A.abyssal plain
    B. continental shelf
    C. aseismic ridge
    D. rise
    E. trench

 

33. A(n) _____ is a great mass of sediment-laden water that is pulled downward by gravity along the continental slope.
    A.avalanche
    B. underwater landslide
    C. turbidity flow
    D. mudflow
    E. gravity slide

 

 

34. Turbidity currents flow down the continental slope until they come to rest on ___.
    A.the continental shelf
    B. the mid-oceanic ridge
    C. a guyot
    D. the abyssal plain
    E. a submarine trench

 

35. Shallow focus earthquakes on the sea floor are associated with ___.
    A.trenches
    B. abyssal rises
    C. guyots
    D. abyssal plains
    E. mid-ocean ridge crests

 

36. The _____ crust of the sea floor is covered in many places with layers of sediment.
    A.basalt
    B. granite
    C. rhyolite
    D. serpentine
    E. andesite

 

37. Most geologists think that the flat summits of seamounts ___.
    A.are uplifted sea floor
    B. were eroded flat by wave action
    C. are fault surfaces
    D. are remnants of the continental shelf
    E. are remnants of plateau basalts

 

38. The crests of mid-oceanic ridges are associated with ____.
    A.pelagic sediments
    B. barrier reefs
    C. rift valleys
    D. abyssal plains
    E. Benioff zones

 

 

39. A basic tool for indirectly studying the sea floor is the ____, which measures water depth.
    A.drilling ship
    B. rock dredge
    C. submersible
    D. echo sounder
    E. gravimeter

 

40. Water depth increases over a continental shelf to the outer edge depth of _____ to ____ meters.
    A.500; 600
    B. 400; 500
    C. 300; 400
    D. 200; 300
    E. 100; 200

 

41. Seismic surveys of the sea have shown the oceanic crust to be divided into _______ major layers.
    A.3
    B. 6
    C. 5
    D. 2
    E. 7

 

42. Many guyots and seamounts are aligned in chains (for example the Hawaiian Islands and Emperor seamounts) that form major _____.
    A.trench systems
    B. aseismic ridges
    C. Benioff zones
    D. mid-ocean ridges
    E. continental rises

 

 

43. _____ are rounded masses of rock that form when molten lava erupts into cold water.
    A.Gabbro mountains
    B. Sheeted dikes
    C. Pillow lava
    D. Dunite dikes
    E. Columnar basalts

 

44. A ______ is a bottom flowing current that flows parallel to the slopes of the continental margins.
    A.density flow
    B. surface current
    C. turbidity current
    D. contour current
    E. coriolis current

 

45. _______ is an island on a mid-oceanic ridge.
    A.Madagascar
    B. Japan
    C. Cuba
    D. Hawaii
    E. Iceland

 

46. Most seamounts are ______.
    A.extinct volcanoes
    B. granitic intrusions
    C. submerged reefs
    D. fault block grabens
    E. ophiolites

 

 

47. Project FAMOUS used submersibles to study ______.
    A.trenches
    B. mid-ocean ridges
    C. guyots
    D. reefs
    E. continental rises

 

48. In a passive continental margin, there is a lack of _______.
    A.seamounts
    B. guyots
    C. earthquakes, volcanoes, and young mountain belts
    D. no riverine discharge
    E. sediments

 

49. The abyssal plains are formed of _____.
    A.sediment from meteoric dust
    B. pillow basalts
    C. mid-oceanic ridges
    D. horizontal layers of sediment
    E. volcanic ash

 

50. Oceanic trenches are marked by _______.
    A.no seismicity
    B. shallow depths
    C. positive gravity anomalies
    D. high heat flow
    E. low heat flow

 

51. Oceans cover _____ percent of the Earth’s surface.
    A.70
    B. 90
    C. 80
    D. 60
    E. 50

 

 

52. Thick deposits of sediment called _____ are found at the base of many submarine canyons.
    A.abyssal fans
    B. continental rises
    C. continental slopes
    D. continental shelves
    E. guyots

 

53. The Grand Banks cable breaks of 1929 are interpreted to be the result of earthquake-caused ____.
    A.earthquakes
    B. contour currents
    C. tsunamis
    D. underwater volcanic eruptions
    E. turbidity currents

 

54. The continental rise typically ends at a(n) _______ at a depth of about 5 kilometers.
    A.slope
    B. trench
    C. abyssal plain
    D. mid-oceanic ridge
    E. continental slope

 

55. The continental shelves of the world are typically covered by relatively young sediments derived from ___________.
    A.contour currents
    B. mid-oceanic ridges
    C. turbidity currents
    D. land
    E. continental shelves

 

 

56. _____ are V-shaped valleys that run across continental shelves and down continental slopes.
    A.Rift valleys
    B. Submarine canyons
    C. Submarine trenches
    D. Guyots
    E. Fracture zones

 

57. __________ is the name applied to hot springs on the seafloor where 350 degree Celsius metal-rich solutions are discharged into the cold waters of the ocean.
    A.Black smokers
    B. Fumaroles
    C. Ophiolites
    D. Andesite
    E. Hot spots

 

58. The continental shelf is part of the ____.
    A.abyssal plain
    B. continents
    C. mid-oceanic ridge
    D. island arc system
    E. true ocean basin

 

59. ______ proposed that the three types of coral reefs are related to each other by subsidence of a central volcanic island.
    A.Isaac Newton
    B. Charles Plummer
    C. George Bush
    D. Charles Darwin
    E. Diane Carlson

 

 

60. _____ parallel the shore, but are separated from it by wide, deep lagoons.
    A.Barrier reefs
    B. Atolls
    C. Patch reefs
    D. Guyot reefs
    E. Fringing reefs