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Ocean Floor Features Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one characteristic of the ocean floor?

It is flat and featureless

It has higher mountains and deeper valleys than land

It is covered in sand dunes

It is constantly changing shape

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do scientists gather information about the ocean floor?

By traveling to the ocean floor in specialized vessels

By using radio and infrared telescopes

By observing the sky

By studying rocks on land

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What method do scientists use to map the topography of the ocean floor?

Reflecting light off the bottom of the ocean

Sending sound waves and reflecting them off the bottom of the ocean

Using satellites to take pictures of the ocean floor

Digging trenches and studying the soil

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is plate tectonics responsible for?

Creating mountains and valleys on land

Causing earthquakes and tsunamis

Changing the topography of the ocean floor

Forming volcanoes and hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

Two ocean plates move towards each other

An oceanic plate moves under a continental plate

Magma rises up to create a ridge

Volcanoes form away from plate boundaries

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is formed when an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate?

A ridge

A trench

A seamount

A hot spot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do volcanoes form at subduction zones?

At the bottom of the ocean

On land

At hot spots

Away from plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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