Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Amazing Earth Video Quiz

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Question #1
What happened in Montserrat?
A.   the volcano continued to erupt making the island uninhabitable
B.   the volcano triggered a tsunami
C.   the volcano erupted once and triggered a tsunami
D.   the volcano erupted once
Question #2
Is it easy to determine what will happen in the future on the island?
A.   No
B.   Yes
Question #3
How long can it take for a volcanic island to form?
A.   10,000 years
B.   5 years
C.   Hundreds to thousands of years
D.   Weeks
E.   Days
Question #4
What is a geophone?
A.   a rock microphone
B.   a blasting technique
C.   an analytical technique
D.   a location finder
E.   a shockwave detector
Question #5
What are stromatolites?
A.   The oldest rock on the planet
B.   Microorganisms preserved in sedimentary rocks
C.   A rock only found in Australia
D.   A type of meteorite
Question #6
Why are stromatolites important?
A.   All of the answers are correct.
B.   Oxygen producers. Early form of fossil life
C.   Oxygen producers
D.   First evidence of animals
E.   Early form of fossil life
Question #7
What do the rocks in Argentina and Namibia show us?
A.   that the Atlantic is older than the Pacific
B.   that rocks cannot be correlated from distant locations
C.   that lava flows happened in the Earth’s past
D.   that Africa and South America use to be connected
Question #8
Where is arguably the best place to study the ocean floor (hint: don’t answer this question too quickly)?
A.   Arctic Ocean
B.   Iceland
C.   North Sea
D.   deep ocean floor of the Atlantic
E.   East Pacific Rise
Question #9
What specific rock and features do you find on Iceland that show it is an active plate boundary?
A.   black smokers
B.   black smokers, geysers and mudpools
C.   vertical dikes of basalt
D.   geysers and mudpools
E.   vertical dikes of basalt, geysers and mudpools

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