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Duplicate of Continental Drift + Seafloor Spreading Review
Duplicate of Continental Drift + Seafloor Spreading Review
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1
The age of rocks on either side of ridge is ______________
random
the same
different
could be the same or different
2
Where does
subduction
occur?
At deep-ocean trenches
Inside underwater volcanoes
Along the middle of a ridge
On warm, dry land
3
Eventually the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons we call ____________
The Crust
The Mantle
The Core
Deep Ocean Trenches
4
True or False: The mid-ocean ridges form the longest mountain ranges on Earth.
True
False
5
Which process changes the size and shape of the ocean?
Subduction
Sea-Floor Spreading
Sonar Imaging
Drilling For Samples
6
Alfred Wegener's theory that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface is known as what?
Continental Drift
Pangea
Subduction
Sea Floor Spreading
7
What did Wegener name the landmass that was made up of all continents joined together?
Subduction
Pangea
Nova
Mega Earth
8
As the older oceanic crust cools, it becomes what?
Lighter
Less Dense
More Dense
Pillow Lava
9
Which of the following is NOT evidence of Plate Tectonic Theory?
Deep Ocean Trenches
Seafloor Spreading
Age of Seafloor
Fossils
10
Which was NOT a type of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory?
Climate
Geology
Fossils
Sea Floor Spreading
11
A convection current causes:
Hot magma to rise and cool dense magma to sink
Cool dense magma to rise and hot magma to sink
12
Wegener's theory was rejected because he could not identify what?
The location of Pangaea
How the continents fit together
The force that moves the continents
The specific fossil evidence
13
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench is called ___________
Compaction
Subjugation
Subduction
Cementation
14
Mid-Ocean Ridges
continually add new material to the ocean floor in a process called what?
Cementation
Subduction
Deposition
Sea-Floor Spreading
15
Where does sea-floor spreading occur?
Deep-Ocean Basins
Deep-Ocean Trenches
The Mantle
Mid-Ocean Ridges
16
Older rock moves ________ from either side of a mid-ocean ridge
Squidward
Inward
Outward
Upward
17
What is the name of the underwater mountain ranges that scientists like Marie Tharp discovered?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Subduction Ridge
Deep-Ocean Trenches
Mantle Chain
