Question 1

What piece of equipment was able to facilitate the new fields of stratigraphy and paleoceanography with the data it generated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clamshell samplers 
B)  Deep water cameras 
C)  Piston Corers 
D)  Seismic profilers 
A)  Clamshell samplers 
B)  Deep water cameras 
C)  Piston Corers 
D)  Seismic profilers

Question 2

Clays can remain suspended in a water column for decades before settling due to their small size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

If there is an abundance of foraminifera shells found in a sediment, it would be categorized as:

Accepted Answer

A)  hydrogenous sediment. 
B)  calcareous ooze. 
C)  coccolithophore. 
D)  siliceous ooze. 
A)  hydrogenous sediment. 
B)  calcareous ooze. 
C)  coccolithophore. 
D)  siliceous ooze.

Question 4

What explains why the ocean's sedimentary "memory" or record does not start with the ocean's formation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Samples cannot be attained in deep water. 
B)  Ocean sediment records are destroyed by subduction. 
C)  No sediments deposit when new ocean basins form 
D)  Sediments are buried deep and are eventually metamorphosed 
A)  Samples cannot be attained in deep water. 
B)  Ocean sediment records are destroyed by subduction. 
C)  No sediments deposit when new ocean basins form 
D)  Sediments are buried deep and are eventually metamorphosed

Question 5

Biological sediments are the most abundant sediments due to the high productivity of organisms along the continental shelf.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which sediment is categorized under cosmogenous sediments?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evaporites 
B)  Ooliths 
C)  Microtektites 
D)  Manganese nodules 
A)  Evaporites 
B)  Ooliths 
C)  Microtektites 
D)  Manganese nodules

Question 7

Neritic sediments are mainly comprised of biogenous sediments due to the proximity to the continental shelf.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is one reason diatomaceous earth is economically valued?

Accepted Answer

A)  It can be used as a fossil fuel alternative. 
B)  It can be used for various filtration systems. 
C)  It can be broken up for gravel and used as building materials. 
D)  It demonstrates the presence of "marine snow." 
A)  It can be used as a fossil fuel alternative. 
B)  It can be used for various filtration systems. 
C)  It can be broken up for gravel and used as building materials. 
D)  It demonstrates the presence of "marine snow."

Question 9

What was the primary way sediment was transported to North America (east coast) continental margin during the last ice age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rivers carry the sediment right to the shelf edge. 
B)  Strong currents carry the sediment to the contential shelf edge. 
C)  Wind blows sediment from the continent to the shelf edge 
D)  Glaciers 
A)  Rivers carry the sediment right to the shelf edge. 
B)  Strong currents carry the sediment to the contential shelf edge. 
C)  Wind blows sediment from the continent to the shelf edge 
D)  Glaciers

Question 10

Calcareous oozes form much slower than siliceous oozes based on the rate their components dissolve in seawater.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What piece of equipment was able to facilitate the new fields of stratigraphy and paleoceanography with the data it generated?

Clays can remain suspended in a water column for decades before settling due to their small size.

If there is an abundance of foraminifera shells found in a sediment, it would be categorized as:

What explains why the ocean's sedimentary "memory" or record does not start with the ocean's formation?

Biological sediments are the most abundant sediments due to the high productivity of organisms along the continental shelf.

Which sediment is categorized under cosmogenous sediments?

Neritic sediments are mainly comprised of biogenous sediments due to the proximity to the continental shelf.

What is one reason diatomaceous earth is economically valued?

What was the primary way sediment was transported to North America (east coast) continental margin during the last ice age?

Calcareous oozes form much slower than siliceous oozes based on the rate their components dissolve in seawater.

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Exam 5: Ocean Sediments

What piece of equipment was able to facilitate the new fields of stratigraphy and paleoceanography with the data it generated?

Clays can remain suspended in a water column for decades before settling due to their small size.

If there is an abundance of foraminifera shells found in a sediment, it would be categorized as:

What explains why the ocean's sedimentary "memory" or record does not start with the ocean's formation?

Biological sediments are the most abundant sediments due to the high productivity of organisms along the continental shelf.

Which sediment is categorized under cosmogenous sediments?

Neritic sediments are mainly comprised of biogenous sediments due to the proximity to the continental shelf.

What is one reason diatomaceous earth is economically valued?

What was the primary way sediment was transported to North America (east coast) continental margin during the last ice age?

Calcareous oozes form much slower than siliceous oozes based on the rate their components dissolve in seawater.

The Origin of the Ocean

A History of Marine Science

Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

Ocean Basins

Water and Ocean Structure

Ocean Chemistry

Circulation of the Atmosphere

Circulation of the Ocean

Waves

Tides

Coasts

Life in the Ocean

Plankton, Algae, and Plants

Marine Animals

Marine Communities

Marine Resources

The Ocean and The Environment

Filters