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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Challenger expedition made collections of marine organisms:
Around the world
In the Pacific Ocean only
In the Atlantic Ocean only
In the Mediterranean Sea only
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was develop due to technological advances mad during World War II
Scuba
Research Vessels
Marine Laboratories
Sonar
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Scientific Method can best be described as:
Undertaking experiments in laboratories
Using Induction & Deduction
Collecting Data in the field
Following a set of procedures to learn about our world
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Factors that Might affect observations & can be manipulated are called:
Controls
Variables
Experiments
Inductive Observations
- 5. Multiple Choice
A control can best be defined as:
A variable that is kept constant in an experiment
An experiment where the final results are known ahead of time
A hypothesis that regulates the results of an experiment
A variable that changes during the course of an experiment
- 6. Multiple Choice
A marine biologist observes that mako sharks, sardines, and salmon leap out of water. An example of induction from these observations is:
Only some fishes can leap out of the water
All fishes leap out of water
Fishes leap out of water to escape predators
Leaping out of water is often used in feeding
- 7. Multiple Choice
An experiment can best be described as:
A set of observations that become a hypothesis
Obtaining data from the field
an artificially created situation to test a hypothesis
Controlling a a particular factor in the field
- 8. Multiple Choice
Scientific knowledge is ultimately traced to:
Hypotheses
Inductions
Deductions
Observations
- 9. Multiple Choice
This is thought to have originated in the sea
Water
Salt
Life
The Earth's crust
- 10. Multiple Choice
To study marine life at depth, scientist take advantage of all these tools except:
Satellites
Remotely operated vehicles
Submarines
Scuba
- 11. Multiple Choice
How much of the Earth's surface is covered by the world's oceans?
53%
65%
71%
80%
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the world's largest and deepest ocean?
Atlantic
Arctic
Antarctic
Pacific
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Big Bang Theory is:
The origin of Earth's magnetic field
The origin of the oceans as water condensed on Earth
The theory that a giant cosmic explosion occurred 13.7 billion years ago and created the universe
The process of bacteria generating oxygen for Earths atmosphere
- 14. Multiple Choice
There is evidence that the Earth and the rest of the solar system formed about:
5 million years ago
1 billion years ago
4.5 billion years ago
10.5 billion years ago
- 15. Multiple Choice
The semi-solid layer of the Earth found below the crust and outside of the core is called the:
Inner core
Mantle
Inner crust
Outer core
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Earth's magnetic field is thought to be caused by movements of liquid metal in which of the Earth's layers?
Inner core
Outer core
Oceanic crust
Mantle
- 17. Multiple Choice
The thinnest layer of the earth is the:
Inner core
Outer core
Crust
Nucleus
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true of mid-ocean ridges?
Earthquakes & volcanoes are associated with them
The sediment covering gets thinner as one moves away from them towards the continents
The rock on the sea floor is older as one moves away from them
Sea-floor spreading is associated with them
- 19. Multiple Choice
The process by which a lithospheric plate descends into the mantle is called:
Continental drift
Induction
Sea-floor spreading
Subduction
- 20. Multiple Choice
The friction zone along the shear boundary such as the one in California between two lithospheric plates is called a:
Fault
Rift
Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is evidence of plate tectonics?
Magnetic anomalies/paleomagnetic evidence
Sea-floor spreading
Existence of mid-ocean ridges
Magnetic anomalies, seafloor spreading, and existence of sea-floor mid-ocean ridges
- 22. Multiple Choice
Lithogenous sediments are those that come from:
Plants
Living organisms in general
Deep water volcanoes
Erosion of land
- 23. Multiple Choice
The hypothesis that all of the continents were once joined and led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics is called:
Continental Drift
Pangaea
Mid-ocean ridges
Diatomaceous Earth
- 24. Multiple Choice
Biogenous sediments are more likely to be found on land at:
Active margins
Passive margins
Rivers
Transform plate boundaries
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