Development of a Theory

As new seafloor moves away from an ocean ridge, the seafloor cools and becomes less dense than the material beneath it.

• True

• False

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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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Which of the following best explains the age of oceanic crust and ocean-floor features?

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• subduction

• crystallization

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New ocean crust is continually formed at ____.

• mid-ocean ridges

• trenches

• subduction zones

• ocean basins

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What are mid-ocean ridges?

• Vast mountain ranges deep below the ocean's surface

• Deep underwater troughs on the seafloor

• The process by which new oceanic crust is continuously formed and destroyed

• molten rock below Earth's surface

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What are ocean trenches?

• Vast mountain ranges deep below the ocean's surface

• Deep underwater troughs on the seafloor

• The process by which new oceanic crust is continuously formed and destroyed

• molten rock below Earth's surface

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What is seafloor spreading?

• Vast mountain ranges deep below the ocean's surface

• Deep underwater troughs on the seafloor

• The process by which new oceanic crust is continuously formed and destroyed

• molten rock below Earth's surface

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The mid-Pacific Ridge is the longest mid-ocean ridge

• True

• False

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The Mariana Trench is the deepest landform on Earth

• True

• False

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The theory of plate tectonics states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other

• True

• False

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