Ch 3: Marine Provinces

Extending from the base of the continental rise out into the deep ocean basin is a vast flat depositional surface called the

abyssal plain

Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because

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Which of the following is not truthful regarding submarine canyons

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Which of the following will make this statement incorrect

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The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is

continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain

Bathymetry is the

measurement of the topography of the ocean floor

Which of the following statements is not truthful

no life has ever been found near hydrothermal vents

Ocean trenches are not associated with

passive continental margins

The method most often used to investigate layers of sediment and rock on the ocean floor is

sound waves

Which of the following is not associated with passive continental margins

transform faults and fractures

Submarine avalanches of water mixed with sediment, rocks, and debris are called

turbidity currents