1) | What is the Marianas Trench? |
A) largest part of the world's oceans B) deepest part of the world's oceans C) highest part of the world's atmosphere D) none of the above
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2) | How long is the Marianas Trench? |
A) 1,580 mi B) 1,500 mi C) 1,580 km D) 1,580 m
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3) | What organism was found in the Marianas Trench by Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers? |
A) Xenophyophores B) crustaceans C) diatomaceous D) hadopelagenes
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4) | Where is the name Marianas Trench derived? |
A) Isle Royal B) Royal Island C) Mariana Islands D) Lake Mariana
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5) | What system does the Marianas Trench belong and forms the boundary between two tectonic plates? |
A) Pacific Plate B) flux melting C) Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction D) none of the above
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6) | What is the small slot-shaped valley in the Marianas Trench floor? |
A) Marianas Deep B) Pacific Plate C) Mariana Plate D) Challenger Deep
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7) | What was the map published and showed a Challenger Tief at the location of that Marianas Trench? |
A) Tiefenkarte des Grossen Ozeans B) USS Nero C) Challenger II D) Challenger Deep
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8) | When was the Mariana Trench chosen by researchers at Washington University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for a seismic survey to investigate the subsurface water cycle? |
A) 2000 B) 2011 C) 2015 D) 2012
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9) | Who was the Canadian director that made the 4th descent in the Marianas Trench? |
A) Tom Cruise B) Steven Stegal C) Keannu Reeves D) James Cameron
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10) | When was the Marianas Trench first sounded? |
A) 1870 B) 1875 C) 1850 D) 1865
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11) | What was the submersible vessel used by James Cameron to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench? |
A) ROVs Kaiko B) Nereus C) Deepsea Challenger D) Trieste
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12) | How many teams are planning to descent the Marianas Trench as of 2012? |
A) one B) five C) three D) seven
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13) | What was the converted collier that recorded a depth of 5269 fathoms in the Marianas Trench? |
A) USS Nero B) Nereus C) Cyprus D) DOER Marine
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14) | When did the Soviet vessel Vityaz reported a depth of 11,034 called the Mariana Hollow? |
A) 1965 B) 1955 C) 1959 D) 1957
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15) | How many descents were achieved in the Marianas Trench? |
A) 5 B) 1 C) 7 D) 4
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16) | When was the new species of snailfish discovered at a depth of 8,145 m (26,722 ft), breaking the previous record for the deepest living fish seen on video? |
A) December 2014 B) December 2011 C) December 2004 D) December 2013
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17) | What was the first manned vehicle to reach the bottom of the Marianas Trench? |
A) Kaiko B) Deepsea Challenger C) bathyscaphe Trieste D) Nereus
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18) | What is the Florida-based company that designs and manufactures private submarines that plans to descent in the Marianas Trench? |
A) ROVS B) Trieste C) Triton Submarines D) DOER Marine
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19) | Who was the designer of the first manned vehicle to reach the bottom of the Marianas Trench? |
A) Auguste Piccard B) Graham Hawkes C) James Cameron D) Jacques Piccard
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20) | Who was the designer of Virgin Oceanic, one of the 3 teams that will descent in the Marianas Trench? |
A) Jacques Piccard B) Graham Hawkes C) Auguste Piccard D) James Cameron
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