Quizziz Ocean 8

fecal pellets

A very important way to increase the settling rate of fine particles in the open ocean is via

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Calcareous oozes are represented by the numbers

rare earth elements

China currently supplies about 90% of which of the following resources

large size particles such as gravel

High energy environments are most likely to deposit which of the following

the sediment dissolves

If the calcium carbonate sediments get deposited at depths below the CCD

gravel than in tropical waters

In general, polar neritic sediment tends to have more

calcium carbonate

Marine sediments that originate in the warm tropical surface ocean would create deposits in the deep sea composed primarily of

intermediate to shallow water depths

Phosphate rich nodules form in

lithogenous

Sandstone is an example of which of the following sediment types

rotary drilling

Sediment samples from deep beneath the ocean floor are recovered by

lithogenous sediment

Sediment that begins as rocks on continents or islands is called

biogenous

Stromatolites are an example of which of the following sediment types

iridium

The KT boundary contained an unusual clay layer with high proportions of which element

microscopic organisms

The ancient remains of which of the following, buried before they could decompose, are the source of today's petroleum deposits

destruction

The dissolution of the thick tests of foraminifers below the CCD is an example of the ___ of biogenous sediment

quartz

The most abundant mineral in lithogenous sediments is

abyssal plain from a continent

The most likely place to find abundant manganese nodules is on the

productivity

The settling of the thick tests of foraminifers into the seafloor is n example of the ____ of biogenous sediment

neritic, lithogenous sediment deposits

The type of marine sediment that forms the thickest deposits worldwide is

hydrogenous, lithogenous, cosmogenous, biogenous

These words have a relationship

Lithogenous

Volcanic ash is considered to be which type of marine sediment

foraminifers

Which of the following contains calcium carbonate

Radiolaria

Which of the following contains silica

gas hydrates

Which of the following contains the most organic carbon on earth

deep sea hotsprings

Which of the following is thought to have enriched ocean floor sediments with rare earth elements

biogenious

Which type of marine sediments include siliceous and calcareous oozes

clay

You take a sediment sample from the ocean floor at a depth of 5500m. the area has low biological productivity and the CCD is at 4500 m depth. Your sample with probably consist of