Sea floor spreading

The deepest part of the ocean; long, narrow ditches

• Tectonic plates

• Trenches

• Divergent boundary

• Continental shelves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

What is a divergent boundary?

• two plates moving towards each other

• two plates rubbing side to side

• two plates moving away from each other

• happens in the lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is seafloor spreading?

• continental crust-continental crust

• rift valleys

• seafloor spreads

• ocean spreads and magma rises to fill in gaps creating a Mid Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What words describe M?

• deep ocean trench

• mid ocean ridge

• sea floor spreading

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name of the supercontinent?

• continental drift

• Pangea

• sea floor spreading

How is subduction zone formed?

• When two plates slide each past each other

• When two plates move away from each other

• When two plates move toward each other

• When one tectonic plate sinks below another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Volcanoes and Earthquakes typically occur _______________.

• along plate boundaries

• only under water

• only in hawaii

• where it is usually hot

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Convergent boundaries are plates

• colliding or smashing into each other.

• sliding past each other.

• separating or pulling apart from each other.

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