Form 4: Ocean Floor Mapping and Sonar Technology
Discover how sonar technology is used to map the ocean floor. Explore how mapping data revealed key features of underwater terrain.
Questions
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What technology uses reflected sound waves to measure ocean depth?
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What does the acronym 'SONAR' stand for?
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How does sonar calculate ocean floor depth?
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Before sonar mapping in the 20th century, what was the common belief about the ocean floor?
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What underwater feature is a continuous chain of mountains on the seafloor?
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Which scientists created the first comprehensive map of the ocean floor in the 1950s?
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What steep underwater valleys were discovered cut deep into the seafloor?
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Where is the deepest known place on Earth's ocean floor?
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What deep central valley runs down the middle of mid-ocean ridges?
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What is a guyot?
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How did ocean floor mapping change scientists' understanding of geology?
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What are isolated underwater volcanic mountains called?