Seafloor Features and Hydrothermal Vent
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- Q1Black smoke from hydrothermal vents are caused by the presence ofaluminum (Al), copper (Cu)copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn)calcium (Ca), silicon (Si)water (H20)30s
- Q2What organisms are found around hydrothermal vents?no orgnaismstubeworms, serpulid worms, and musselsotters, whales, earth wormsdolphins, fish, white tip sharks30s
- Q3Which continental margin is found at the Atlantic Coast, with little seismic activity?slopeactivefringingpassive30s
- Q4Both types of coral (hard, and stony coral) are made ofcalcium carbonate (CaCO3)granitezooxanthellaeAluminum Carbonate30s
- Q5Bathymetry is the measurement of thethickness of the crustsurface areadepth below sea leveldepth above sea level30s
- Q6What is the order of marine provinces going from the shore to the mid-ocean ridge?abyssal plain, continental rise, continental slope, continental shelfabyssal plain, continental slope, continental rise, continental shelfcontinental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, and abyssal plaincontinental shelf, abyssal plain, continental rise, continental slope30s
- Q7(T/F) Chemosynthesis is the main process used to harness energy for organisms around hydrothermal vents.TrueFalse30s
- Q8(T/F) Few coral reefs are found near the equator.TrueFalse30s
- Q9How were submarine canyons most likely formed?turbidity currentsdeep riversearthquakesice30s
- Q10What type of continental margin would you find at the Pacific Coast that has relatively steep shelves, due to frequent earthquakes?fringing marginpassive continental marginactive continental margininert continental margin30s
- Q11Guyot is a seamount island whose peak has...rise above the ocean waterseroded and become a flattened surface.disappeared in the Bermuda Trianglenever reaches the surface so it maintains a “volcanic” shape.30s
- Q12The depression that is formed at the crest of the mid ocean ridge is called theGuyotAbyssal PlainSeamountRift Valley30s
- Q13Why does dissolving sediment cause damage to the reefs?Light cannot travel through the water, so photosynthesis will not happenreefs grow to slowlypoor visibilitytemperature is to cold30s