Geological Oceanography (part 2)

Question 1

Physical features of the ocean bottom are called

Answer 1

bathygraphic features

Question 2

True or False: bathygraphic features change relatively fast

Answer 2

False;

they change relatively slow

Question 3

composed of the continental shelf and continental slope

Answer 3

continental margin

Question 4

continental margin is composed of

Answer 4

continental shelf and continental slope

Question 5

shallow, submerged extension of continents

Answer 5

continental shelves

Question 6

slope gently toward the bottom of the ocean basin

Answer 6

continental margins

Question 6

flat areas, averaging 68 kilometers wide, and 130 meters deep

Answer 6

continental shelves

Question 7

generally flat areas that extend from the continental land mass into the sea

Answer 7

continental shelf

Question 8

transition between the continental shelf and the deep floor of the ocean is called

Answer 8

continental slope

Question 9

point where the continental shelf ends and the continental slope begins, there is an abrupt change in the landscape called

Answer 9

shelf break

Question 10

formed by moving sediments and water that are seen in continental slopes

Answer 10

submarine canyons

Question 11

swift avalanches of sediment and water that erode a slope as they sweep down and pick up speed

Answer 11

turbidity currents

Question 12

caused by earthquakes or the collapse of large accumulations of sediments on steep slopes

Answer 12

turbidity currents

Question 13

At the base of a steep continental slope, there may be a gentle slope called

Answer 13

continental rise

Question 14

produced by processes such as landslides that carry sediments to the bottom of the continental slope

Answer 14

continental rise