Continental Drift / Seafloor Spreading

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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Scientists have observed that the continents move apart or come together at speeds of a few centimeters per ____.

• century

• year

• day

• decade

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Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.

• new material is being added to the asthenosphere

• earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

• sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

• molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

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A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.

• ocean ridge

• oceanic crust

• deep-sea trench

• ocean floor sediment

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What particular event is shown on the picture?

• mid-ocean ridge

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

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What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?

• satellites

• submarines

• deep-sea diving

• sonar

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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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The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath an deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as

• continental drift

• subduction

• conduction

• convection

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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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The scientist credited with sea-floor spreading is _________

• Alfred Wegener, a German scientist

• Harry Hess, an American geologist

• J.Tuzo Wilson, a Canadian scientist

• Kenn Bulaso, a Filipino educator

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