Investigating Oceanography 3rd Edition by Keith A Sverdrup – Test Bank
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Investigating Oceanography 3rd Edition by Keith A Sverdrup – Test Bank
Sample Questions
Chapter 3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
1) The vertical relief across the mountains of the western United State...
Investigating Oceanography 3rd Edition by Keith A
Sverdrup – Test Bank
Description
Investigating Oceanography 3rd Edition by Keith A Sverdrup – Test Bank
Sample Questions
Chapter 3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
1) The vertical relief across the mountains of the western United States is similar to the
vertical relief across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces
Topic: Seafloor Provinces
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
2) Submarine canyons are features associated principally with the continental slope;
some are associated with past or present rivers.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces
Topic: Seafloor Provinces
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
,Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
3) Abyssal hills are single, rounded domes extending at least 3 km above the deep-sea
floor.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces
Topic: Seafloor Provinces
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
4) Flat-topped seamounts called guyots are formed when volcanic islands subside and
are eroded over time.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.02 Seafloor Provinces
Topic: Seafloor Provinces
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
,5) Hydrogenous sediments of the deep-ocean floor predominate in regions where other
sediment sources are reduced.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.03 Sediments
Topic: Sediments
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
6) Calcareous oozes of the open ocean are associated with mid-ocean ridge and rise
systems rather than the deep-ocean basin floor.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.03 Sediments
Topic: Sediments
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
7) Siliceous oozes are found at all ocean depths because of the slow dissolving rate of
silica.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 03.03 Sediments
Topic: Sediments
, Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
8) Calcareous deposits are most likely to be found in more acidic seawater
undersaturated in calcite.
Answer: FALSE
Section: 03.03 Sediments
Topic: Sediments
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
9) Calcareous sediments of the North Atlantic occur at deeper depths than calcareous
sediments in the North Pacific.
Answer: TRUE
Section: 03.03 Sediments
Topic: Sediments
Bloom’s: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 03 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
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