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Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Terrigenous sediment is
  1. derived directly from land.
  2. from the mid-ocean rift valley.
  3. produced by the abyssal plains.
  4. composed of mud and the remains of tiny plants and animals.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Are barrier islands stable places to build homes and hotels?
  1. Yes, they are stable.
  2. No, they are not stable.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Are barrier islands good places to build homes and hotels?
  1. Yes
  2. No
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
This remote sensing device's signal can penetrate through layers of rock and give a picture of the layering of the oceanic floor.
  1. echo sounder
  2. seismic profiler
  3. magnetometer
  4. microwave radar
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
An atoll may be described as
  1. a coral reef parallel to a nearby coastline.
  2. a flat-topped submerged seamount.
  3. a coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
  4. a coral reef separated by the mainland by a shallow lagoon.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Oceanic crust is                       continental crust.
  1. thicker than
  2. thinner than
  3. the same thickness as
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which statement about aqueducts is correct?
  1. Aqueducts are a modern invention.
  2. Aqueducts do not divert water from lakes.
  3. Aqueducts do not affect the amount of water that remain in rivers.
  4. Aqueducts designed as open canals can lose a lot of water through evaporation.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
About how deep is the continental slope?
  1. 0 - 500 ft.
  2. 330 - 10,500 ft.
  3. 10,500+ ft.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Wide, sandy beaches are the result of loose sediments carried                       the shore by waves.
  1. onto
  2. away from
  3. out to sea from
  4. to the headlands from
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Charles Darwin theorized
  1. that volcanic islands sink over time.
  2. that lagoons are round.
  3. that reefs are made from coral.
  4. that seamounts move away from the mantle plume.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Seamounts move
  1. toward the mantle plume.
  2. away from the mantle plume.
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
This is a chain of islands formed from volcanoes.
  1. accreted terranes
  2. seamount
  3. island arcs
  4. continental crust
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