Oceans Final

Front 1

The following individual, often referred to as "The father of Oceanography" was a U.S. Navy Lieutenant in charge of the Depot of Naval Charts and Instruments in the mid 1800's. He compiled oceanographic date from ships and wrote the first textbook on oceanography

Back 1

Matthew Fontaine Maury

Front 2

The four major subdivisions of the earth's internal structure are:
1.) the inner core, 2.) the outer core, 3.) the mantle, 4.) the earth's crust on which we live

Back 2

True

Front 3

The continental crust is more/less dense than the oceanic crust. The continental crust is generally made up of granite/basalt?

Back 3

less, granite

Front 4

The oceanic crust is more/less dense than the continental crust.
The oceanic crust is primarily made up of granite/basalt?

Back 4

more, basalt

Front 5

The theory of isostasy states that the more dense material will rise to a relative higher elevation than the less dense material.

Back 5

False

Front 6

The study of paleomagnetism combined with imporoved radioactive carbon dating techniques in the 1960s gave strong support to the plate tectonic theory and the sea floor spreading theory.

Back 6

True

Front 7

The North American, South American, and Pacific Plates are examples of three of the major lithospheric plates?

Back 7

True

Front 8

The "Asthenosphere" lies directly above the lithosphere. The Asthenosphere is rigid and not capable of flow?

Back 8

False

Front 9

A seismic Shear/Pressure wave, often generated during a seismic event, is a fast moving compression wave usually arriving ahead of the slower moving rolling type Shear/pressure wave

Back 9

Pressure/ Shear

Front 10

A "convergent" boundary at the edge of a plate is very often in an area:
A.) Hot magma rising up from beneath the ocean floor
B.) Very new ocean crust formation
C.) Oceanic Ridge
D.) An Area of subduction often in an oceanic trench
E.) A B C only

Back 10

An area of subduction often in an oceanic trench

Front 11

A large volcanic feature on the ocean floor is called a ______Mount. When the volcanic feature has a flattened top it is called a ______ mount or "guyot"

Back 11

sea, table

Front 12

The abyssal plain is usually found in the neritic province, on the continental shelf.

Back 12

False

Front 13

The Great Barrier Reef along the northeast coast of Australia is an example of a volcanic coral reef where the volcanic cone structure has begun to ______, but has not totally _____below the surface of the ocean.

Back 13

sink, sunk

Front 14

The wentworth scale was created specifically to provide size comparison for classification of hydrogenous nad biogenous type of marine sediments

Back 14

False

Front 15

The pelagic deposits contain roughly 75% of all ocean sediments, whereas the neritic deposits, along the continental margins, accounts for only 25% of all ocean sediments

Back 15

False

Front 16

The 4 requirements for phytoplankton to successfully photosynthesize and be productive are: Sunlight, water,______ and ________

Back 16

Carbon dioxide, nutrients

Front 17

THe color of the visible light spectrum that is absorbed first with depth in the ocean is?

Back 17

Red

Front 18

Approximately half of all incoming sunlight is absorbed in the first one meter (3.3) feet of the ocean surface.

Back 18

True

Front 19

Below 1,000 meters (3,300) feet in the ocean you would expect to find:

Back 19

organisms adapted to using bioluminescence