Mid Ocean Ridges

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Rift

• Continental drift

• Deep ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True

• False

is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.

• Sea-floor spreading

• Continental drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Mid-ocean range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What words describe M? choose all

• Tectonic plates

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Underwater mountain ranges are called ____________.

• deep sea trenches

• mid-ocean ridges

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

At the Mid-Ocean Ridges you can find:

• underwater trees and bushes

• deep sea trenches

• the oldest crust

• the newest crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The YOUNGEST rocks on the seafloor are located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The youngest seafloor crust is located...

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridges

• Closest to the mid ocean ridges

• Nearest the continents

• On the land

The process of new seafloor forming when magma rises at the mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, pushing older rock away is called _____.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all the TRUE statements about seafloor spreading

• The oldest rocks are located closest to the mid-ocean ridges.

• Seafloor spreading explains how mid-ocean ridges are formed.

• Seafloor spreading explains how the continents moved apart.

• New seafloor is formed at mid-ocean ridges.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1