Ocean Features Topography Question Preview (ID: 29008)


S6E3.c. Describe The Composition, Location, And Subsurface Topography Of The World’s Oceans. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The most prominent feature in the oceans, forming an almost continuous mountain range, is the
a) mid-ocean ridge
b) abyssal plain
c) deep-ocean trench
d) seamount

Marking the boundary between the continental crust and the oceanic crust is the
a) continental slope
b) abyssal plain
c) mid-ocean ridge
d) continental shelf

Where trenches do not exist, the steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental
a) rise
b) run
c) end
d) coast

What does sonar stand for?
a) sound navigation and ranging
b) What does sonar stand for?
c) sub-ocean navigation and ranging
d) sound and radar

Sonar technology is based on the echo-ranging behavior of
a) bats.
b) sea lions.
c) moths.
d) seals.

The part of a continent that is submerged in relatively shallow sea.
a) continental shelf
b) continental slope
c) abyssal plain
d) continental rise

What does Geosat measure?
a) changes in the height of ocean surface
b) changes in the ocean’s landforms
c) the direction and speed of ocean currents
d) the velocity of waves hitting the shoreline

What does Seasat measure?
a) changes in the ocean’s height
b) changes in the ocean’s landforms
c) the direction and speed of ocean currents
d) the velocity of waves hitting the shoreline

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor...
a) sea-floor spreading
b) abyssal plain
c) Sonar
d) Geosat

When one oceanic plate is forced underneath another plate then subduction takes place at
a) Trench
b) Mid-ocean ridge
c) Sea-floor spreading
d) Mountain

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