Module 1 Exam (All Answers are Correct) University of Toronto, Scarborough EESA 06H
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1. Who first noted that mountain belts were often directly
adjacent to ocean deeps (oceanic trenches)?
A. Frank B. Taylor
B. Alfred Wegener
C. Jean Bruhnes
D. Hugo Benioff
2. What event spurred interest in ocean floor bathymetry?
A. World War II
B. The Great Neopolitan Earthqu...
questions: 1 who first noted that mountain belts were often directly adjacent to ocean deeps oceanic trenches a frank b taylor b alfred wegener c jean bruhnes d hugo benioff 2 what event spu
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Questions:
1. Who first noted that mountain belts were often directly
adjacent to ocean deeps (oceanic trenches)?
A. Frank B. Taylor
B. Alfred Wegener
C. Jean Bruhnes
D. Hugo Benioff
2. What event spurred interest in ocean floor bathymetry?
A. World War II
B. The Great Neopolitan Earthquake of 1857
C. The Korean War
D. World War I
3. Who discovered transform margins?
A. Tuzo Wilson
B. Arthur Holmes
,C. Alfred Wegener
D. Charles Lyell
4. What happens at a mid ocean ridge?
A. Oceanic crust is formed
B. Continental crust is formed
C. Continental crust is destroyed
D. Oceanic crust is destroyed
5. Lowering a weight until it hits the seafloor in order to
determine the ocean depth is an accurate description of echo
sounding.
A. False
B. True
6. What causes the flat-top of a guyot?
A. Collection of magma in a lava lake
B. Erosion by waves
, 7. What did the “deeps” identified during the Challenger
Expedition end up being?
A. Abyssal plains
B. Mid ocean ridges
C. Seamounts
D. Deep sea trenches
8. Which of the following advancements in plate tectonic theory
can not be credited to Tuzo Wilson?
A. Transform plate margins allow for plates to slip past each
other without growth or decay
B. Supercontinents continually form and fragment over time as
plates collide and later separate
C. Seafloor spreading
D. Plates sliding over stationary mantle plumes create hotspot
tracks
9. Global seismic monitoring networks were first set up to
monitor nuclear explosions.
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