continental drift and sea floor spreading

How do scientists figure out the age of the seafloor?

• They research it from ancient sea maps that trading vessels would use in the 1700s
• They use the moon phases and eclipses to calculate the age
• They use seismographs and the depth as well as location of earthquakes to calculate the age
• They take drill ships to many locations in the oceans and collect, then date, rock samples. 

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What is FALSE about the age pattern on the seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean? 

• The pattern is symmetrical on each side of the Mid-Atlantic ridge (plate tectonic boundary)
• The oldest seafloor can be found towards the edges of the ocean, near the eastern and western continents
• The youngest sea floor can be found towards the edges of the ocean, near the eastern and western continents
• Seafloor near the Mid-Atlantic ridge (plate tectonic boundary) can be up to 10 million years old

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True or False: Our continents will eventually become a supercontinent (like Pangaea) again, far in the future

• True
• False

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What is the rate at which the Atlantic Ocean is expanding? 

• Between 5-10 mm per year
• Between 5-10 cm per year
• Between 5-10 km per year
• Between 5-10 inches per year

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True or False: The plates will never stop moving

• True
• False

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Which of the following supports the theory of seafloor spreading?

• Correlation of rock layers
• Crustal Age
• Magnetic Reversal
• Continuous Mountain Chains

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Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

• Tectonic plates
• Trenches
• Divergent boundary
• Continental shelves

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What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

• Sonar
• Radar
• GPS

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Undersea mountain range.

• Rift
• Mid-ocean ridge
• seafloor spreading
• Continental drift

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Process by which new ocean lithosphere forms.

• Seafloor spreading
• Continental drift
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Rift

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