Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers
3 major zones of the deep ocean
Continental margins
Deep ocean basins
Oceanic ridges
Continental margins
Seperates thick Continental crust from thin oceanic crust
Passive margin
Shelf, slope, rise
Shelf resembles
The shore
The slop...
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Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers
3 major zones of the deep ocean
Continental margins
Deep ocean basins
Oceanic ridges
Continental margins
Seperates thick Continental crust from thin oceanic crust
Passive margin
Shelf, slope, rise
Shelf resembles
The shore
The slope resembles the
Sandbar
Rise is the
Flat floor
At the rise there is a
Build up of sediments
Active margins in continental margins have what types of plates
Convergent and transform boundaries
Active margins in continental margins are found in the
Pacific Ocean
Passive margins in continental margins are found in the
Atlantic Ocean
Accretionary wedges are found at
Active margins
Accretionary wedge
When sediments accumulate in the trench
Accretionary wedges have what kind of pressure and temperature
High pressure and high temp
Mid oceanic ridges are formed by what boundary
, Divergent
Mid ocean ridges are _____% of earth
20%
Mid ocean ridges are found in
The Atlantic Ocean
Sea floor spreading occurs at
Mid ocean ridges
Deep ocean basins are ___% of earth
30%
Trenches are found in
Deep ocean basins
Trenches are the
Deepest features on earth
Are Abyssal plains flat or bumpy
Flat
Abyssal plains are the most __________
Unexplored
Are abyssal plains thick or thin
Thick with a lot of sediments
Seamounts
Ocean volcanoes
Are there more volcanoes in the ocean or the land?
Ocean
Seamounts (ocean volcanoes) form in
Chains
Seamounts are found in the
Pacific
Turbidity currents are
Underwater landslides
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