Seafloor Spreading

The oldest seafloor is located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The oceanic crust is pushed aside on both sides of the 

• Continent's edge
• Deep-ocean trench
• Mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New crust is always formed at the...

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-ocean trench
• asthenosphere

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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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Undersea mountain range.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sea-floor spreading begins at the

• Deep ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Continent's edge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3