Glendale Community College » Oceanography » Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2021

Question #1

Continental crust is both thicker and denser than oceanic lithosphere.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #2

Active margins typically are located in the Atlantic Ocean.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #3

Weight of ice on Antarctica has isostatically depressed the continent, and thereby increased the depth of water at the shelf break.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #4

Hydrothermal vents are only found in seawater.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #5

The water temperature at the bottom of ocean trenches is very warm.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

Granitic continental crust extends into the continental margins, which is piled high with sediment.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #7

Submarine canyons were carved by rivers at a time in the past when sea level were much lower than they are today.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #8

Volcanic features are ONLY found along plate tectonic boundaries.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #9

The age of the seafloor is much older than that of the continents.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #10

Segments of a lithospheric plate on either side of a transform fault move in the same direction as one another.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE