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Seafloor spreading

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

a)

near continents

b)

at mid-ocean ridges

c)

far from mid-ocean ridges

d)

near Asia

2.

The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's ____.

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

core

d)

continents

3.

Scientists have observed that the continents move apart or come together at speeds of a few centimeters per ____.

a)

century

b)

year

c)

day

d)

decade

4.

Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.

a)

new material is being added to the asthenosphere

b)

earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

c)

sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

d)

molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

5.

A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.

a)

ocean ridge

b)

oceanic crust

c)

deep-sea trench

d)

ocean floor sediment

6.

What particular event is shown on the picture?

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

subduction zone

c)

transform boundary

d)

divergent boundary

7.

What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?

a)

satellites

b)

submarines

c)

deep-sea diving

d)

sonar

8.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

in deep-ocean trenches

b)

along the edges of all the continents

c)

along mid-ocean ridges

d)

at the north and south plate

9.

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath an deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as

a)

continental drift

b)

subduction

c)

conduction

d)

convection

10.

The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

d)

convection

11.

What kind of plate boundary is shown on the picture?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

d)

trench

12.

The scientist credited with sea-floor spreading is _________

a)

Alfred Wegener, a German scientist

b)

Harry Hess, an American geologist

c)

J.Tuzo Wilson, a Canadian scientist

d)

Kenn Bulaso, a Filipino educator

13.

The ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle in a process known as ________.

a)

convection

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

plate tectonics

14.

What is formed at the subduction zone?

a)

mountain ranges

b)

deep-sea trenches

c)

oceanic ridge

d)

hills and valleys