Seafloor Spreading Quiz

What does SONAR stand for?

• Seafloor Navigation and Ranging

• Submarine Observation and Ranging

• Seafloor Observation and Navigation

• Sound Navigation and Ranging

Who discovered guyots?

• Harry Hammond Hess

• Maurice Ewing

• Bruce Heezen

• Alfred Wegener

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What is the name of the canyons discovered by Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen?

• Great Global Rift

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Deep Ocean Trench

Who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hammond Hess

• Bruce Heezen

• Alfred Wegener

• Maurice Ewing

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What did Harry Hess discover about the age of the seafloor and oceanic fossils?

• They were older than the Earth and continents

• They were the same age as the Earth and continents

• They were unrelated to the age of the Earth and continents

• They were younger than the Earth and continents

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What is the mechanism for the movement of tectonic plates?

• Wave erosion

• Convection currents

• Magnetic polarity

• Radioactive decay

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What did the Vines-Matthews-Morley hypothesis state?

• The age of seafloor on either side of mid-ocean ridges was unrelated

• The age of seafloor on either side of mid-ocean ridges was older

• The age of seafloor on either side of mid-ocean ridges was inconsistent

• The age of seafloor on either side of mid-ocean ridges was the same

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the collective term for the pieces of evidence supporting seafloor spreading?

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Creation

• Alternating Magnetic Bands

• Seafloor Spreading

What award is given annually by the American Geophysical Union to scientists making outstanding achievements in Earth/Space Science?

• Turing Award

• Harry H. Hess Medal

• Fields Medal

• Nobel Prize in Physics

What was Harry Hess' occupation during WWII?

• Naval Officer

• Geology Professor

• Physicist

• Navy SEAL