
SeaFloor Spreading
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When looking at mid ocean ridges the oldest rocks are
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.
near continents
at mid-ocean ridges
far from mid-ocean ridges
near Asia
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.
ocean ridge
oceanic crust
deep-sea trench
ocean floor sediment
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
in deep-ocean trenches
along the edges of all the continents
along mid-ocean ridges
at the north and south plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
continental drift
convection
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The scientist who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading is _________
Alfred Wegener, a German scientist
Harry Hess, an American geologist
J.Tuzo Wilson, a Canadian scientist
Kenn Bulaso, a Filipino educator
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
Crust is recycled in subduction zones at the same time it is created at mid-ocean ridges
New crust is underwater where it sinks
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
The oldest crust just breaks apart as the plates move
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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