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WorksheetsSeafloor spreading
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.
near continents
at mid-ocean ridges
far from mid-ocean ridges
near Asia
The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's ____.
asthenosphere
lithosphere
core
continents
Scientists have observed that the continents move apart or come together at speeds of a few centimeters per ____.
century
year
day
decade
Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.
new material is being added to the asthenosphere
earthquakes break apart the ocean floor
sediments accumulate at the area of spreading
molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface
A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.
ocean ridge
oceanic crust
deep-sea trench
ocean floor sediment
What particular event is shown on the picture?
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
transform boundary
divergent boundary
What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?
satellites
submarines
deep-sea diving
sonar
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
in deep-ocean trenches
along the edges of all the continents
along mid-ocean ridges
at the north and south plate
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath an deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
continental drift
subduction
conduction
convection
The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
continental drift
convection
What kind of plate boundary is shown on the picture?
divergent
convergent
transform
trench
The scientist credited with sea-floor spreading is _________
Alfred Wegener, a German scientist
Harry Hess, an American geologist
J.Tuzo Wilson, a Canadian scientist
Kenn Bulaso, a Filipino educator
The ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle in a process known as ________.
convection
subduction
continental drift
plate tectonics
What is formed at the subduction zone?
mountain ranges
deep-sea trenches
oceanic ridge
hills and valleys
