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Abyssal hills are only visible in the Pacific Ocean because:


A) sediment has covered those found in the other ocean basins.
B) there are none in the Atlantic and Indian ocean basins.
C) they are higher in the Pacific than in the other ocean basins
D) they have been destroyed in active plate margins.
E) turbidity currents have eroded abyssal hills in the other ocean basins.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is:


A) abyssal plain,rise,slope,shelf.
B) abyssal plain,shelf,slope,rise.
C) rise,abyssal plain,slope,shelf.
D) shelf,slope,rise,abyssal plain.
E) slope,rise,shelf,abyssal plain.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Refer to the figure below.Match the term to the numbered ocean floor feature on the figure.You may use each answer once,more than once,or not at all. Refer to the figure below.Match the term to the numbered ocean floor feature on the figure.You may use each answer once,more than once,or not at all.     -trench A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E F) F G) G -trench


A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E
F) F
G) G

H) A) and B)
I) None of the above

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Warm-water hydrothermal vents form:


A) abyssal hills.
B) black smokers.
C) cold seeps.
D) turbidity currents.
E) white smokers.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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