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The Ocean Basin Flashcards

1
Q

What is the composition of Oceanic crust

A

silicate with iron (heavier)

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2
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What is the composition of Continental crust

A

silicate with aluminum (lighter)

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3
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What is another name for oceanic crust

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basalt

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4
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what is another name for continental crust

A

granite

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5
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How old is the oldest oceanic crust

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200 million years

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6
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How old is the oldest continental crust

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3.8 billion years (since last rocks were melted)

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7
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What is the average thickness of oceanic crust

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7 km

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8
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What is the average thickness of continental curst

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40 km

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9
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What is Bathymetry

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the topography of the sea floor

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10
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How much of the Earth surface is covered in water

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71%

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11
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What is the mean depth of the ocean

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3800 m

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12
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What is the continental shelf

A

gently sloping part of ocean floor adjacent to continent

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13
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What is the depth the shelf break is at

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200 m

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14
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What is the slope of the continental crust

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2 m for every 1 km traveled

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15
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What is the continental slope

A

zone between continental shelf and ocean basin

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16
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what is slope of continental slope

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70 m for ever 1 km travled

17
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What is turbidity

A

Suspended particles that decrease clairty

18
Q

What is the continental rise

A

thick wedge of sediment located at base of continental slope

19
Q

What is the abyssal plain

A

very flat region, has thick layer of sediment

20
Q

What is the abyssal hills and seamounts

A

differs in height above sea floor, usually volcanoes, hills are extinct volcanoes

21
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What are the mid ocean ridges and rises

A

volcanic subsea mountains that mark the region of crustal movement

22
Q

What are trenches

A

steep sided depressions that mark where ocean crust is subducted into mantle
deepest part of ocean
often adjacent to volcanic island arcs

23
Q

how do passive continental margins differ from active continental margins

A

passive- gentler slope, no volcanoes

active- steep slope, trench, volcanoes

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