Seafloor Spreading

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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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Daniel Bixler
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16 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is created at the location of the mid-oceanic ridge?
Oceanic trench
New oceanic crust
Continental crust
Folded mountains
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term used to describe the process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and spreads outwards?
Paleomagnetism
Magnetic reversal
Isochron
Seafloor spreading
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What instrument is used to measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields?
Seafloor spreading
Isochron
Paleomagnetism
Magnetometer
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a line on a map that connects points of the same age formed at the mid-ocean ridges?
Magnetometer
Paleomagnetism
Seafloor spreading
Isochron
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the common belief about the oceanic crust before the 1940s and 1950s?
It was believed to be constantly changing
It was believed to be younger than the continental crust
It was believed to be unchanging and much older than the continental crust
It was believed to be the same age as the continental crust
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technological advancements in the 1940s and 1950s changed the perception of the ocean floor and crust?
Television
Sonar technology
Satellite imagery
Computers
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What geological feature is formed at the boundary where two sections of oceanic crust are moving apart?
Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Continental crust
Rift valley
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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