Question 1

The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is:

Accepted Answer

A) abyssal plain,rise,slope,shelf. 
B) abyssal plain,shelf,slope,rise. 
C) rise,abyssal plain,slope,shelf. 
D) shelf,slope,rise,abyssal plain. 
E) slope,rise,shelf,abyssal plain. 
A) abyssal plain,rise,slope,shelf. 
B) abyssal plain,shelf,slope,rise. 
C) rise,abyssal plain,slope,shelf. 
D) shelf,slope,rise,abyssal plain. 
E) slope,rise,shelf,abyssal plain.

Question 2

Refer to the figure below.Match the term to the numbered ocean floor feature on the figure.You may use each answer once,more than once,or not at all.
   
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Accepted Answer

A) A 
B) B 
C) C 
D) D 
E) E
F)F
G)G 
A) A 
B) B 
C) C 
D) D 
E) E
F)F
G)G

Question 3

Abyssal hills are only visible in the Pacific Ocean because:

Accepted Answer

A) sediment has covered those found in the other ocean basins. 
B) there are none in the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins. 
C) they are higher in the Pacific than in the other ocean basins 
D) they have been destroyed in active plate margins. 
E) turbidity currents have eroded abyssal hills in the other ocean basins. 
A) sediment has covered those found in the other ocean basins. 
B) there are none in the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins. 
C) they are higher in the Pacific than in the other ocean basins 
D) they have been destroyed in active plate margins. 
E) turbidity currents have eroded abyssal hills in the other ocean basins.

Question 4

Warm-water hydrothermal vents form:

Accepted Answer

A) abyssal hills. 
B) black smokers. 
C) cold seeps. 
D) turbidity currents. 
E) white smokers. 
A) abyssal hills. 
B) black smokers. 
C) cold seeps. 
D) turbidity currents. 
E) white smokers.

The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is:

Refer to the figure below.Match the term to the numbered ocean floor feature on the figure.You may use each answer once,more than once,or not at all. -trench

Abyssal hills are only visible in the Pacific Ocean because:

Warm-water hydrothermal vents form:

Introduction to Planet Earth

Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor

Marine Sediments

Water and Seawater

Air-Sea Interface

Ocean Circulation

Waves and Water Dynamics

Tides

The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes

The Coastal Oceans

Marine Life and the Marine Environment

Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer

Animals of the Pelagic Environment

Animals of the Benthic Environment

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Exam 3: Marine Provinces

The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is:

Refer to the figure below.Match the term to the numbered ocean floor feature on the figure.You may use each answer once,more than once,or not at all. -trench

Abyssal hills are only visible in the Pacific Ocean because:

Warm-water hydrothermal vents form:

Introduction to Planet Earth

Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor

Marine Sediments

Water and Seawater

Air-Sea Interface

Ocean Circulation

Waves and Water Dynamics

Tides

The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes

The Coastal Oceans

Marine Life and the Marine Environment

Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer

Animals of the Pelagic Environment

Animals of the Benthic Environment

Filters