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 erupted once
C.   the volcano erupted once and triggered a tsunami
D.   the volcano triggered a tsunami
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.   Hundreds to thousands of years
B.   Days
C.   5 years
D.   10,000 years
E.   Weeks
Question #4
What is a geophone?
A.   an analytical technique
B.   a location finder
C.   a shockwave detector
D.   a rock microphone
E.   a blasting technique
Question #5
What are stromatolites?
A.   Microorganisms preserved in sedimentary rocks
B.   The oldest rock on the planet
C.   A rock only found in Australia
D.   A type of meteorite
Question #6
Why are stromatolites important?
A.   Oxygen producers
B.   Oxygen producers. Early form of fossil life
C.   Early form of fossil life
D.   All of the answers are correct.
E.   First evidence of animals
Question #7
What do the rocks in Argentina and Namibia show us?
A.   that the Atlantic is older than the Pacific
B.   that Africa and South America use to be connected
C.   that lava flows happened in the Earth’s past
D.   that rocks cannot be correlated from distant locations
Question #8
Where is arguably the best place to study the ocean floor (hint: don’t answer this question too quickly)?
A.   North Sea
B.   deep ocean floor of the Atlantic
C.   Arctic Ocean
D.   East Pacific Rise
E.   Iceland
Question #9
What specific rock and features do you find on Iceland that show it is an active plate boundary?
A.   vertical dikes of basalt, geysers and mudpools
B.   vertical dikes of basalt
C.   black smokers, geysers and mudpools
D.   black smokers
E.   geysers and mudpools

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