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Sample Test

Chapter 03 Test Bank – Static Key

 

1.   The vertical relief across the mountains of the western United States is similar to the vertical relief across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

 

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

2.   Submarine canyons are features associated principally with the continental slope; some are associated with past or present rivers.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

3.   Abyssal hills are single, rounded domes extending at least 3km above the deep-sea floor.

 

FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

4.   The flat-topped seamounts called guyots found with their tops 1800m below the surface were flattened by erosion at the sea surface.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

5.   Hydrogenous sediments of the deep-ocean floor predominate in regions where other sediment sources are reduced.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

6.   Calcareous oozes of the open ocean are associated with midocean ridge and rise systems rather than the deep-ocean basin floor.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

7.   Siliceous oozes are found at all ocean depths because of the slow dissolving rate of silica.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

8.   Calcareous deposits are most likely to be found in more acidic seawater undersaturated in calcite.

 

FALSE

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

9.   Calcareous sediments of the North Atlantic occur at deeper depths than calcareous sediments in the North Pacific.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

10.                Red mud or brown clay deposits are found under oceanic regions of high biological productivity.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

11.                Particles of a well-sorted sediment sample fall within a limited size range.

 

TRUE

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

12.                Large particles sink faster than small particles of the same density.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

13.                Geologic dredges are used to quantitatively sample the seafloor.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

14.                Large boulders and cobbles scattered over the deep-sea floor at high-temperate latitudes were most likely deposited by turbidity currents.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

15.                The distinctive layering found in marine sediments indicates that the properties of the sediment and the rates of sedimentation have varied with time.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Describe characteristics of marine sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

16.                Manganese nodules are composed entirely of manganese.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Describe characteristics of marine sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

17.                Oil and gas represent only 50% of the mineral value presently taken from the seafloor.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: List multiple seabed resources and appraise the extent to which they are currently being recovered.

Section: 03.04 Seabed Resources

Topic: Seabed Resources

 

18.                The smaller the footprint of a sound beam, the greater the detail of the seafloor features.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Review the evolution of methods to measure ocean depth from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present.

Section: 03.01 Measuring the Depths

Topic: Measuring the Depths

 

19.                Satellite radar altimeters measure sea surface topography.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Review the evolution of methods to measure ocean depth from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present.

Section: 03.01 Measuring the Depths

Topic: Measuring the Depths

 

20.                In the deep sea biogenous sediments make up the majority of the pelagic deposits.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

21.                The seafloor tends to be more flat and featureless than the continental areas.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

22.                Passive continental margins are commonly associated with volcanic and earthquake activity.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

23.                The continental shelf on the east coast of the U.S. is generally wider than the continental shelf on the west coast of the U.S.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

24.                Continental shelves are geologically part of the continental crust.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

25.                The deep ocean basins or areas with depth between 4000m and 6000m cover more of the Earth’s surface than the continents.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

26.                Sediment accumulation in the deep ocean tends to be greater than near the continental margins.

 

FALSE

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

27.                Pelagic sediments are commonly more fine-grained than neritic sediments.

 

TRUE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain the characteristics of marine sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

28.                Calcareous oozes are more common in deep water than shallow water.

 

FALSE

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain the distribution of marine sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

29.                The continental rise is a product of

 

1.   volcanic activity.

2.   sedimentation.

3.   seismic upheaval.

4.   All of these are correct.

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor features.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

30.                Turbidity currents produce some

 

1.   trenches.

2.   abyssal hills.

3.   submarine canyons.

4.   All of these are correct.

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor features.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

31.                Inactive volcanic seamounts on top of the oceanic crust will

 

1.   continue to elevate with time.

2.   subside with time.

3.   remain in equilibrium once formed.

4.   keep a constant elevation.

5.   steepen in slope.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor features.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

32.                Flat-topped, submerged seamounts are referred to as

 

1.   mesas.

2.   abyssal hills.

3.   atolls.

4.   guyots.

5.   flattops.

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor features.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

33.                Surface coral formations growing around completely submerged seamounts are called

 

1.   atolls.

2.   fringing reefs.

3.   edge reefs.

4.   conical reefs.

5.   barrier reefs.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of atolls.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

34.                The floor of a major ocean basin is called a(n)

 

1.   ocean valley floor.

2.   abyssal plain.

3.   midocean flat.

4.   seamount province.

5.   ridge depression.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the characteristics of seafloor provinces.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

35.                The deepest depth of the oceans is located in which trench?

 

1.   Japan-Kuril

2.   Aleutian

3.   Peru-Chile

4.   Puerto Rico-Cayman

5.   Mariana

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Sketch the location of ocean ridges and trenches.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

36.                A fathom is a unit of

 

1.   distance.

2.   depth.

3.   speed.

4.   weight.

5.   time.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Review the evolution of methods to measure ocean depth from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present.

Section: 03.01 Measuring the Depths

Topic: Measuring the Depths

 

37.                Lithogenous sediment is

 

1.   derived from rock.

2.   derived from plants and animals.

3.   always found at depths over 4500m.

4.   always associated with deep-sea trenches.

5.   derived from the chemistry of the water.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

38.                Manganese nodules are

 

1.   pelagic ooze.

2.   volcanic.

3.   lithogenous sediment.

4.   pelagic biogenous sediment.

5.   pelagic hydrogenous sediment.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

39.                Major deposits of silicous oozes from the radiolaria are found centered on which latitudes?

 

1.   5 °N

2.   20 °N and S

3.   30 °N and S

4.   45 °N and S

5.   65 °N and S

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

40.                What minimum percent must be exceeded for a deep-sea biogenic ooze to be named after its principal component?

 

1.   75

2.   50

3.   30

4.   20

5.   10

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

41.                Diatomaceous sediments are

 

1.   oozes.

2.   found below 4500m.

3.   found in cold water.

4.   All of these are correct.

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

42.                The sediments of the central deep-ocean basins of the North Pacific are formed chiefly from

 

1.   radiolaria.

2.   foraminaferia.

3.   red clay particles.

4.   diatoms.

5.   coral reefs.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

43.                The particle size of terrigenous sediments generally ________ with distance from shore.

 

1.   increases

2.   decreases

3.   stays the same

4.   become less uniform

5.   is less graded

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

44.                Which of the following is least likely to be a major component of marine sediments?

 

1.   Silicous ooze

2.   Calcareous ooze

3.   Cosmogenous materials

4.   Hydrogenous sediments

5.   Lithogenous sediments

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

45.                Close to shore on the continental shelf at high-temperate latitudes, _______ deposits are most likely to predominate.

 

1.   cosmogenous

2.   hydrogenous

3.   pelagic

4.   neritic

5.   terrigenous

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

46.                Which type of sediment is the greatest contributor, on a world scale, to the sediments of the neritic zone?

 

1.   Biogenous

2.   Terrigenous

3.   Hydrogenous

4.   Cosmogenous

5.   Volcanic

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

47.                Sediments found on the seafloor and attributed to processes no longer in existence are called

 

1.   nonexisting sediments.

2.   pelagic sediments.

3.   relict sediments.

4.   rafted sediments.

5.   sorted sediments.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

48.                A sediment deposit close to the continental rise having a coarse material overlaid by successively finer materials of nonmarine origin is called a

 

1.   pelagic deposit.

2.   rafted deposit.

3.   hydrogenic deposit.

4.   turbidite.

5.   well-sorted deposit.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

49.                The seabed is presently being mined in the U.S. for

 

1.   phosphorite.

2.   manganese nodules.

3.   sand and gravel.

4.   All of these are correct.

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: List multiple seabed resources and appraise the extent to which they are currently being recovered.

Section: 03.04 Seabed Resources

Topic: Seabed Resources

 

50.                Manganese nodule mining has not developed because of

 

1.   low international market prices in metal.

2.   unresolved legal ownership problems.

3.   technical and developmental costs.

4.   All of these are correct.

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: List multiple seabed resources and appraise the extent to which they are currently being recovered.

Section: 03.04 Seabed Resources

Topic: Seabed Resources

 

51.                The silica rich oozes of the Pacific Ocean are due to _______ at high latitudes and ______ at low latitudes.

 

1.   radiolarians, diatoms

2.   diatoms, diatoms

3.   diatoms, radiolarians

4.   radiolarians, radiolarians

5.   None of these are correct.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Identify where biogenous and lithogenous sediments are dominant on the sea floor.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

52.                Red clay obtains its characteristic color from

 

1.   the remains of bottom organisms.

2.   the oxidation of iron.

3.   the silica liberated from diatoms.

4.   calcium carbonate.

5.   bacteria of the deep sea.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain the characteristics of marine sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

53.                Why do small particles descend to the seafloor at rates exceeding expectation?

 

1.   The particles attract each other

2.   The particles increase their density

3.   The particles are incorporated into the fecal pellets of small animals

4.   The particles attract each other and the particles are incorporated into the fecal pellets of small animals

5.   The particles attract each other, the particles increase their density, and the particles are incorporated into the fecal pellets of small animals

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of marine sediment.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

54.                Side scan sonar images are the product of the

 

1.   reflectivity of the material.

2.   depth of the water.

3.   angle at which the sound strikes the object.

4.   reflectivity of the material and depth of the water.

5.   reflectivity of the material, depth of the water, and angle at which the sound strikes the object.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain how seafloor features are measured.

Section: 03.01 Measuring the Depths

Topic: Measuring the Depths

 

55.                Lithification of sediments produces

 

1.   coral.

2.   turbidites.

3.   mud flows.

4.   rock.

5.   red clay.

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor rocks.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

56.                Acoustic profiling is used to study

 

1.   sediment size.

2.   sediment distribution.

3.   seafloor structure.

4.   sediment size and sediment distribution.

5.   sediment distribution and seafloor structure.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain how seafloor features are measured.

Section: 03.01 Measuring the Depths

Topic: Measuring the Depths

 

57.                Submarine canyons are associated with

 

1.   river systems.

2.   turbidity currents.

3.   volcanic eruptions.

4.   river systems and turbidity currents.

5.   turbidity currents and volcanic eruptions.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Discuss the formation of seafloor features.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

58.                Seventy five percent of all marine sediments are

 

1.   terrigenous.

2.   neritic.

3.   pelagic.

4.   suspended in the water column.

5.   produced by active seamounts.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

59.                Which of the following is NOT true about passive continental margins?

 

1.   They have little seismic or volcanic activity

2.   They form after continents are rifted apart

3.   They tend to be wider than active margins

4.   They occur away from plate boundaries

5.   They are commonly at subduction zones

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain the characteristics of seafloor provinces.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

60.                Turbidites are

 

1.   graded sequence of sediments.

2.   found in submarine canyons.

3.   characterized by coarse sediments on top of fine sediments.

4.   graded sequence of sediments and found in submarine canyons.

5.   found in submarine canyons and characterized by coarse sediments on top of fine sediments.

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Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

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Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments

 

61.                The most common topographic features on Earth are probably

 

1.   rivers.

2.   beaches.

3.   abyssal hills.

4.   continental shelves.

5.   island arcs.

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Construct a simple cross section of an ocean basin, including both passive and active continental margins.

Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces

Topic: Seafloor Provinces

 

62.                The _____ of phytoplankton and zooplankton contribute to marine sediments.

 

1.   fecal pellets

2.   tests

3.   limbs

4.   fecal pellets and tests

5.   tests and limbs

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Blooms: 1. Remember

Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Gradable: automatic

Learning Outcome: Explain three different ways to classify sediments.

Section: 03.03 Sediments

Topic: Sediments