6.1.2 Seafloor Spreading Reading Quiz

Mid-ocean ridges form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sea-floor spreading ends at a mid ocean ridge.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

As oceanic crust cools it gets less dense.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The sizes of Earth's oceans are determined by how fast new crust is being created at mid-ocean ridges and how fast old crust is being swallowed up at deep-ocean trenches.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

At deep-ocean trenches the oceanic crust juts upward.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

During subduction, crust closer to a mid-ocean ridge moves toward the ridge and away from a deep-ocean trench.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Deep-ocean trenches are formed by the process of subduction moving away from the mid-ocean ridge.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The OLDEST rocks on the seafloor are located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

The YOUNGEST rocks on the seafloor are located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

What theory states that the continents were once part of a super continent called Pangaea and have moved slowly to their current locations over hundreds of millions of years.

• Oceanic wandering

• Land-form Evidence

• Continental Drift

• Fossil Distribution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3