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What is the term used to describe the flat area off the coast of Florida?
What is the term used to describe the flat area off the coast of Florida?
- Underwater volcano
- Ridge
- Continental shelf (correct)
- Ocean trench
What causes the little bumps seen in the deep ocean on the elevation profile?
What causes the little bumps seen in the deep ocean on the elevation profile?
- Underwater volcanism (correct)
- Ocean currents
- Sediment erosion
- Plate tectonics
What is the term used to describe the underwater volcanoes created by subduction or hot spots?
What is the term used to describe the underwater volcanoes created by subduction or hot spots?
- Continental shelf
- Ocean trench
- Ridge
- Seamounts (correct)
Which type of satellite imagery provides more detailed information about the sea floor?
Which type of satellite imagery provides more detailed information about the sea floor?
What causes slight disturbances on the surface of the ocean?
What causes slight disturbances on the surface of the ocean?
How do satellites measure the height of structures on the sea floor?
How do satellites measure the height of structures on the sea floor?
What type of boundary is represented by the deep blue lines on the map?
What type of boundary is represented by the deep blue lines on the map?
Which device allowed for a large-scale mapping of the ocean floor?
Which device allowed for a large-scale mapping of the ocean floor?
What is the purpose of the deep scattering layer?
What is the purpose of the deep scattering layer?
What technology helped confirm seafloor spreading?
What technology helped confirm seafloor spreading?
What technology is used to measure the seafloor from space?
What technology is used to measure the seafloor from space?
Which method is used to explore the Earth's crust using artificially generated waves?
Which method is used to explore the Earth's crust using artificially generated waves?
What is the purpose of seismic reflection?
What is the purpose of seismic reflection?
What are the three major provinces of the ocean?
What are the three major provinces of the ocean?
What is a bathymetric profile?
What is a bathymetric profile?
What is bathymetry?
What is bathymetry?
When was the first systematic measurement of the ocean conducted?
When was the first systematic measurement of the ocean conducted?
What did the early sea goers use to measure the sea floor?
What did the early sea goers use to measure the sea floor?
What did the early measurements of the ocean floor reveal?
What did the early measurements of the ocean floor reveal?
What type of boundary is represented by the mid-Atlantic ridge mentioned in the text?
What type of boundary is represented by the mid-Atlantic ridge mentioned in the text?
What are the linear cracks formed at transform boundaries called?
What are the linear cracks formed at transform boundaries called?
What are the rounded structures formed by cooling magma on the seafloor called?
What are the rounded structures formed by cooling magma on the seafloor called?
What allows water in hydrothermal vents to reach temperatures higher than boiling?
What allows water in hydrothermal vents to reach temperatures higher than boiling?
What are the two types of continental margins?
What are the two types of continental margins?
What is the continental shelf?
What is the continental shelf?
What causes the formation of a deep ocean trench?
What causes the formation of a deep ocean trench?
What is the distinguishing feature of an active continental margin?
What is the distinguishing feature of an active continental margin?
What is the continental shelf?
What is the continental shelf?
What is the continental slope?
What is the continental slope?
What are submarine canyons?
What are submarine canyons?
Where are the oldest seafloor typically found?
Where are the oldest seafloor typically found?
What causes turbidity currents?
What causes turbidity currents?
What is the characteristic feature of turbidity currents?
What is the characteristic feature of turbidity currents?
What is the term used to describe the sediment deposit caused by turbidity currents?
What is the term used to describe the sediment deposit caused by turbidity currents?
What is the characteristic of suspension settling in the abyssal plains?
What is the characteristic of suspension settling in the abyssal plains?
What is the name for underwater mountains that have poked through the sea floor?
What is the name for underwater mountains that have poked through the sea floor?
What is the term used to describe flat areas on the sea floor that were once above the surface of the water?
What is the term used to describe flat areas on the sea floor that were once above the surface of the water?
What is the name for the deepest part of the ocean?
What is the name for the deepest part of the ocean?
What is the name for the longest mountain chain on the planet?
What is the name for the longest mountain chain on the planet?
