OCEAN TRENCHES
INTRODUCTION TO PLANET EARTH
PLATE TECTONICS AND THE OCEAN FLOOR
MARINE PROVINCES
MARINE SEDIMENTS
100

WHAT ARE THE FIVE DEEPEST OCEAN TRENCHES IN THE WORLD?

MARIANA TRENCH

TUNGA TRENCH

PHILIPPINE TRENCH

KUNI-KAMCHATKA

KERMADEC TRENCH

100

WHAT ARE THE SIX INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

GEOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY.

100

NAME TWO PLATE BOUNDARIES BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER "C"

COCOS PLATE

CARIBBEAN PLATE

100

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THETHY SEA?

THETHY OCEAN

100

WHAT ARE FIVE EXAMPLES OF SEDIMENT?

LIMESTONE

CHALK

CLAY

SANDSTONES

SHALE

200

HOW DEEP IS THE PHILIPPINE TRENCH?

34,596 FEET DEEP

200

WHAT ARE THE THREE LAYERS OF THE EARTH?

CRUST, MANTLE, CORE

200

WHAT IS THE LARGEST OF THE PLATE BOUNDARIES? 

PACIFIC PLATE

200

WHAT IS THE YOUNGEST PART OF THE OCEAN FLOOR?

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

200

The process by which small solid particulate matter falls to the bottom of the ocean under the influence of gravity is known as?

Suspension settling

300

WHICH TRENCH IS 34,587 FEET DEEP?

KUNI-KAMCHATKA TRENCH

300

WHAT IS THE ORDER IN PROCESS OF SCIENCE?

OBSERVATION, TESTING IDEAS, DRAW CONCLUSIONS.

300

WHAT IS THE SMALLEST OF THE PLATE BOUNDARIES?

JUAN DE FUCA PLATE

300

THESE THREE ARCS HAVE DEALINGS WITH VOLCANOES.

CONTINENTAL ARC, VOLCANIC ARC, ISLAND ARC.

300

WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN SEDIMENT SOURCES?

Lithogenous, Hydrogenous, Biogenous, Cosmogenous

400

HOW DEEP IS THE MARIANA TRENCH?

36,201 FEET DEEP

400

NAME THE FOUR PRINCIPAL OCEANS, PLUS ONE.

PACIFIC OCEAN, ATLANTIC OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN, ARTIC OCEAN, SOUTHERN OCEAN.

400

TRUE OR FALSE

 SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE IS LARGER THAN NORTH AMERICAN PLATE.

FALSE

400

MOVEMENT OF HEAT (ENERGY) FROM THE INTERIOR OF EARTH TO THE SURFACE IS KNOWN AS?

HEAT FLOW

400

WHAT ARE THREE MAIN TYPES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS?

CLASTIC, ORGANIC, CHEMICAL

500

WHICH OCEAN TRENCH IS THE SMALLEST?

KERMADEC TRENCH

500

BASED ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, EARTH IS COMPOSED OF FIVE LAYERS, WHAT ARE THOSE LAYERS?

INNER CORE, OUTTER CORE, MESOSPHERE, ASTHENOSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE.

500

NAME FOUR PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "A"

AFRICAN PLATE

ANTARCTIC PLATE

ARABIAN PLATE

AUSTRALIAN PLATE

500

WHAT IS THE AGE ORDER OF THE SEA FLOOR?

ABYSSAL HILLS

ABYSSAL PLAINS

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

CONTINENTAL SHELF

500

WHAT ARE THE THIRTEEN COUNTRIES THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM?

AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, JAPAN, CANADA, INDIA, NEW ZEALAND, CHINA, IRELAND, NORWAY, DENMARK, ITALY, PORTUGAL, FINLAND.

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