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What is the average CCD depth below sea level? 450 meters 4500 meters 100 meters 10,000 meters

4500 meters

Abyssal clay is sometimes referred to as ________. black clay white clay red clay brown clay

red clay

Manganese nodules are an example of ________. Hydrogenous sediment Lithogenous sediment Cosmogenous sediment Biogenous sediment

Hydrogenous sediment

Volcanic ash is considered to be which type of marine sediment? Hydrogenous Lithogenous Biogenous Cosmogenous

Lithogenous

Which type of marine sediments begin as rocks on continents or islands? Biogenous Lithogenous Hydrogenous Cosmogenous

Lithogenous

Abyssal clay is an example of which of the following sediment types? Lithogenous sediment Cosmogenous sediment Biogenous sediment Hydrogenous sediment

Lithogenous sediment

Terrigenous sediment is another name for which of the following? Lithogenous sediment Cosmogenous sediment Biogenous sediment Hydrogenous sediment

Lithogenous sediment

______ deposits are found on continental shelves and in shallow water near islands, whereas, ________ deposits are found in deep-ocean basins and are fine grained. Beach; continental shelf Continental shelf; beach Neritic; pelagic Pelagic; neritic

Neritic; pelagic

Which type of marine sediments include siliceous and calcareous oozes? Lithogenous Cosmogenous Hydrogenous Biogenous

Biogenous

Calcareous ooze is an example of which of the following sediment types? Hydrogenous sediment Cosmogenous sediment Lithogenous sediment Biogenous sediment

Biogenous sediment

What does CCD stand for? Calcium Carbonate Compensation Direction Calcium Carbonate Compensation Distance Calcium Carbonate Compensation Depth

Calcium Carbonate Compensation Depth

Which of the following has shells composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)? Select all that apply. Radiolaria Coccolithophores Foraminifera Diatoms

Coccolithophores Foraminifera

Which type of marine sediments include space dust and meteors? Hydrogenous Cosmogenous Lithogenous Biogenous

Cosmogenous

Which of the following has shells composed of silica (SiO2)? Select all that apply. Diatoms Foraminifera Coccolithophores Radiolaria

Diatoms Radiolaria

The most likely place to find abundant manganese nodules is on the ________. continental rise crest of a mid-ocean ridge continental shelf abyssal plain far from a continent

abyssal plain far from a continent

Which of the following sediments are found under areas of upwelling or high productivity? siliceous oozes calcareous oozes abyssal clays

siliceous oozes

The particles found in some sediment that suggests that an extraterrestrial impact event are ________. oozes clays tektites silt

tektites


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