Unit 1 Lesson 3

When looking at mid ocean ridges the oldest rocks are 

• In the middle
• Found close to the rift zone
• Found far from the mid ocean ridges

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What is and undersea mountain range called?

• Rift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

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The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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Sea-floor spreading begins at the

• Deep ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Continent's edge

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Why does California experience more earthquakes than other places in America?

• It is close to a large convergent plate boundary

• It is close to a large divergent plate boundary

• It is close to a large transform plate boundary

• It is close to a large magma plate boundary

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

• lava is the chamber that magma flows

• lava is the Earth's crust

• lava has a different chemical composition than magma

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• March Maddness

• Earthquake Alley

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Death

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What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

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