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

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

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