Study Guide Ocean 101 Questions With Correct Answers A+
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Ocean 101
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Ocean 101
Study Guide Ocean 101 Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Which fact about the key features of plate tectonics is false?
a. earth crust is constantly being created and destroyed
b. the continents drift apart because of the massive accumulation of sediment at the ocean
boundaries pushing them awa...
Study Guide Ocean 101 Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Which fact about the key features of plate tectonics is false?
a. earth crust is constantly being created and destroyed
b. the continents drift apart because of the massive accumulation of sediment at the ocean
boundaries pushing them away from each other
c. oceanic crust formed at divergent margins between plates (spreading centers)
d. older, cooler, and more dense oceanic crust results in subduction/destruction of plates -
Answer✔b
What's the order of The Plates from smallest to biggest?
a. north american, pacific, antarctic, african, australian, south american, eurasian
b. eurasian, pacific, african, antarctic, australian, north amercian, south american
c. australian, south american, antarctic, north american, eurasian, african, pacific
d. pacific, north american, eurasian, south american, antarctic, australian, african - Answer✔c
What are the 3 lithospheric plate boundaries?
1. apartic
2. divergent
3. convergent
4. slidepath
5. transform
6. collidic
a. 2, 3, 5
b. 1, 2, 6
What is the evidence for the divergent boundary type? - Answer✔- Sea floor spreading
- Continents breaking up
- Shallow quakes
- High heat, volcanism, vents
What are the 3 types of convergent boundaries? - Answer✔Continental-Oceanic
Oceanic-Oceanic
Continental-Continental
What's the direction of movement for convergent boundary type?
a. the plates move apart
b. the plates move towards each other
c. the plates move horizontally past one another
d. the plates move up and down - Answer✔b
What's the direction of movement for divergent boundary type?
a. the plates move apart
b. the plates move towards each other
c. the plates move horizontally past one another
d. the plates move up and down - Answer✔a
What's the direction of movement for transform boundary type?
a. the plates move apart
b. the plates move towards each other
c. the plates move horizontally past one another
d. the plates move up and down - Answer✔c
What are the characteristics of a Continental-Oceanic? - Answer✔- oceanic lithosphere
subducted beneath continentallithosphere
- deep submarine trenches
- volcanism
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