Study questions and exercises

Write the answers to the questions in a word document and send it to christian.stranne[at]geo.su.se. Your document should be named with your name and the moment according to the following convention: firstname_lastname_MomentX.docx
Once we received your answers you will get a correction sheet. Correct your own answers using the sheet and where you have questions, please write them in an email to the course email. When you have answered all questions you will also get a code to open the lecture(s) of the next Moment.
The study questions and exercises are only for your own learning and the code system is intended to help you following the course structure and to set your study pace. It is your own responsibility to follow this scheme.

Study questions and exercises on Moment 1

  1. The bathymetric map compiled from a few lead line soundings of the North Atlantic by M.F. Maury in 1855 lacks a prominent undersea feature running along the central part of the Atlantic. Which undersea feature?
  2. What is the difference between the following undersea feature names:
    • a) Abyssal Plain and Basin
    • b) Trench and Deep
  3. In what kind of undersea feature do you find the deepest location in the World ocean?
  4. The course book mentions the Continental Rise while there is an undersea feature type named Rise. What is the difference?
  5. What components are included in a Continental Margin?
  6. Why do you think the Abyssal Plains are so smooth?
  7. What is hypsometry?
  8. What is the mean and median depth of the World Ocean calculated using GEBCO?
  9. Google and find a couple of sources with the mean depth of the World Ocean. Are they generally deeper or shallower than the mean depth based on GEBCO 2014?
  10. Why do you think the mean depth differ?