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Concept 2 Quiz

Divide the ocean floor into three topographic units and describe the features associated with both passive and active continental margins.

This activity contains 12 questions.

Question 1.
The most prominent feature in the oceans, forming an almost continuous mountain range, is the

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Question 2.
Which of the following is not one of the three major topographic units of the ocean floor?

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Question 3.
Deep, steep-sided valleys that originate on the continental slope and may extend to depths of 3 kilometers are referred to as


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Question 4.
Where trenches do not exist, the steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental


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Question 5.
Marking the boundary between the continental crust and the oceanic crust is the


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Question 6.
Turbidites are characterized by a decrease in sediment grain size from bottom to top, a phenomenon known as __________ bedding.

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Question 7.
Deep-ocean trenches in the open ocean are often paralleled by volcanic island arcs.

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Question 8.
Rift valleys are deep, down-faulted structures that occur near the summits of many seamounts.

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Question 9.
Active continental margins are located primarily around the Atlantic Ocean.

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Question 10.
Submerged, flat-topped seamounts are called guyots or tablemounts.

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Question 11.
Abyssal plains are found in all oceans of the world.

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Question 12.
Identify the following ocean basin features by selecting the correct response.

(Ocean basin features diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

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