Marine Geology

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Science
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10th - 12th Grade
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Charles Martinez
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32 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A community of marine organisms that depend on the specialized environment found at rift zones in the ocean floor is...
rift community
rift zones
oceanic basaltic crust
fracture zones
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A process by which magma driven by convection currents is turned back by the lithosphere, moves laterally (meaning sideways) and descends, causing lateral (sideways) movement of earth's crust
escarpments
subduction zones
seafloor spreading
rift zones
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Linear region of unusually irregular ocean bottom that runs perpendicular to ocean ridges.
transform fault
fracture zones
continental drift
midocean ridge
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The movement of continental masses as a result of seafloor spreading.
continental drift
escarpments
rift community
midocean ridge
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A nearly continuous line of cliffs with sharp vertical drops
escarpments
theory of plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
bathygraphic features
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
New earth crust formed when magma erupting from midocean ridges cools.
fracture zones
oceanic basaltic crust
rift community
bathygraphic features
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A long mountain range that froms along cracks on the ocean floor
fracture zones
rift zones
midocean ridge
seafloor spreading
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