25) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Continental margin
B) Active margin
C) Convergent active margin
D) Transform active margin
E) Rift valley
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
Global Sci Out: 2
26) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Continental shelf
B) Abyssal hill
C) Shelf break
D) Continental rise
E) Continental slope
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
Global Sci Out: 2
27) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Turbidity currents
B) Graded bedding
C) Turbidite deposits
D) Abyssal plains
E) Deep-sea fans
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
Global Sci Out: 2
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28) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Abyssal plain
B) Continental flood basalt
C) Continental rise
D) Continental shelf
E) Continental slope
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
Global Sci Out: 2
29) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Abyssal hill
B) Abyssal plain
C) Submarine canyon
D) Seamount
E) Tablemount
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
Global Sci Out: 2
30) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Passive margin
B) Ocean trench
C) Volcanic arc
D) Island arc
E) Continental arc
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
Global Sci Out: 2
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31) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Rift valley
B) Oceanic ridge
C) Oceanic rise
D) Abyssal hill
E) Seafloor spreading
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
Global Sci Out: 2
32) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Metal sulfide deposits
B) Pillow basalts
C) Rift valley
D) Seamounts
E) Trenches
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
Global Sci Out: 2
33) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Black smoker
B) Deep focus earthquake
C) Hydrothermal vent
D) Rift valley
E) White smoker
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
Global Sci Out: 2
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34) Satellites use microwave beams to measure sea level to an accuracy of four ________.
A) centimeters
B) millimeters
C) decimeters
D) meters
E) kilometers
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.1 What Techniques Are Used to Determine Ocean Bathymetry?
Essent’l Concept: 3.1 Discuss the techniques that are used to determine ocean bathymetry
35) What is a linear sea floor feature that is seismically active, occurs between offset mid-ocean
ridge segments, and the relative movement between two points on either side of the feature is in
the opposite direction?
A) Transform fault
B) Fracture zone
C) Guyots
D) Nemataths
E) Seaknolls
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
36) What is a linear sea floor feature that is seismically inactive, occurs beyond offset mid-ocean
ridge segments, and the relative movement between two points on either side of the feature is in
the same direction?
A) Transform fault
B) Fracture zone
C) Guyots
D) Nemataths
E) Seaknolls
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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37) Is a linear sea floor feature that has the following properties a transform fault, a fracture
zone, or neither? It is seismically active, it occurs between offset mid-ocean ridge segments, and
the relative movement between two points on either side of the feature is in the same direction.
A) Transform fault
B) Fracture zone
C) Neither
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
38) Is a linear sea floor feature that has the following properties a transform fault, a fracture
zone, or neither? It is seismically inactive, it occurs between offset mid-ocean ridge segments,
and the relative movement between two points on either side of the feature is in the same
direction.
A) Transform fault
B) Fracture zone
C) Neither
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
39) Seamounts and abyssal hills are ________ in origin.
A) erosional
B) metamorphic
C) sedimentary
D) volcanic
E) seismic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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40) Worldwide, scientists estimate that there are about 125,000 known seamounts, many of
which originated at ________ centers.
A) erosional
B) metamorphic
C) sedimentary
D) volcanic
E) seismic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
41) Volcanic peaks that are below sea level but rise more than 1 kilometer above the deep-ocean
floor and have a pointy top like an upside-down ice cream cone are called ________.
A) guyots
B) nemataths
C) seaknolls
D) seamounts
E) islands
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
42) Volcanic peaks that are below sea level but rise more than 1 kilometer above the deep-ocean
floor and have a flattened top are called ________.
A) guyots
B) nemataths
C) seaknolls
D) seamounts
E) islands
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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43) Volcanic features on the ocean floor that are less than 1000 meters tall are called ________.
A) guyots
B) nemataths
C) seaknolls
D) seamounts
E) islands
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
44) A tablemount is another name for a(n) ________.
A) abyssal hill
B) guyot
C) nematath
D) seaknoll
E) island
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
45) What percent of Earth’s volcanic activity, each year, takes place on the seafloor?
A) 65%
B) 70%
C) 75%
D) 80%
E) 85%
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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46) Ascension Island is an example of a volcanic island associated with volcanic activity at a
________.
A) hotspot
B) island arc
C) mid-ocean ridge
D) transform fault
E) deep sea trench
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
47) The Big Island of Hawaii is an example of a volcanic island associated with volcanic activity
at a ________.
A) hotspot
B) island arc
C) mid-ocean ridge
D) transform fault
E) deep sea trench
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.4 What Features Exist Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Essent’l Concept: 3.4 Describe the sea floor features that exist along the mid-ocean ridge
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
48) The island of Java is an example of a volcanic island associated with volcanic activity at a
________.
A) hotspot
B) island arc
C) mid-ocean ridge
D) transform fault
E) rift valley
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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49) The island of Honshu is an example of a volcanic island associated with volcanic activity at a
________.
A) hotspot
B) island arc
C) mid-ocean ridge
D) transform fault
E) rift valley
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.3 Describe the sea floor features that exist in the deep-ocean basins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
50) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Multibeam SONAR
systems have resolution limitations in deep water BECAUSE beams of sound spread out with
depth.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.1 What Techniques Are Used to Determine Ocean Bathymetry?
Essent’l Concept: 3.1 Discuss the techniques that are used to determine ocean bathymetry
Global Sci Out: 2
51) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Echo sounders cannot
detect and track submarines BECAUSE sound from echo sounders bounces off any density
difference.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.1 What Techniques Are Used to Determine Ocean Bathymetry?
Essent’l Concept: 3.1 Discuss the techniques that are used to determine ocean bathymetry
Global Sci Out: 2
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52) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Continental slopes
around the margin of the Pacific Ocean are greater than the global average slope BECAUSE the
Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest ocean, covering more than half of the ocean surface area on
Earth.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
Global Sci Out: 2
53) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Continental slopes
around the margins of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are less than the global average slope
BECAUSE they contain mostly passive continental margins.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins?
Essent’l Concept: 3.2 Describe the sea floor features that exist on continental margins
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
Global Sci Out: 2
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