Seafloor Spreading

Seafloor Spreading

6th - 8th Grade

26 Qs

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Seafloor Spreading

Seafloor Spreading

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Julianne Smith

Used 3+ times

FREE Resource

26 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

near continents

at mid-ocean ridges

far from mid-ocean ridges

near Asia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

asthenosphere

lithosphere

core

continents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

century

year

day

decade

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

ocean ridge

oceanic crust

deep-sea trench

ocean floor sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What particular event is shown on the picture?

mid-ocean ridge

subduction zone

transform boundary

divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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