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1.  What do relief maps show and how do they show it?

2.  Explain how fathometers are used to find the depth of water.

3.  What area of the world has the longest continental shelf?  Which has the shortest?

4.  What are "turbidity currents"?   

5.  How many miles long is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?  What three ocean ridges make up the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

6.  What are the three general types of materials that make up the sediments of the ocean floor?

7.  What is the average rate of buildup of fine sediments on the deep seabed?

8.  How do manganese nodules form?

9.  What is the problem that prevents the easy mining of manganese nodules from the bottom of the oceans?

10.  What is the limit of seabed penetration for a standard piston coring tube?