Unit 6: Divergent Plate Boundary Quiz

How do divergent boundaries move in relation to one another?

• Toward one another
• Away from one another
• Slide past one another

Where are divergent boundaries typically found?

• On the ocean floor
• In the middle of a continent
• Near volcanoes

Who suggested the idea of Seafloor Spreading?

• Alfred Wegener
• Albert Einstein
• Harry Hess
• John Dalton

Seafloor spreading was strong evidence to support the Theory of Continental Drift.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Oceanic crust is older than continental crust.

• True
• False

Where does oceanic crust get recycled?

• In the middle of the ocean near the mid-ocean ridge
• Near the continents at the subduction zones
• It cannot be determined.
• In between the mid-ocean ridge and trenches.

During Seafloor spreading, where is the youngest rock located?

• In the middle of the ocean near the mid-ocean ridge
• Near the continents at the ocean trenches
• It cannot be determined.
• In between the mid-ocean ridge and trenches.

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Divergent, Convergent, Transform
• Continental, Oceanic, Transform
• Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains
• Richters, Mercallis, Divergent

When mapping the ocean floor, geologists send down which kind of wave to the bottom of the ocean floor?

• Light
• Sonar (Sound)

• Seismic
• microwave