Quiz 10 (Seafloor Spreading)
  • 1. The two types of crust are _________________________ and _________________________.
A) oceanic, land
B) land, pangaea
C) continental, volcanic
D) oceanic, volcanic
E) oceanic, continental
  • 2. Iceland, the Samoan Islands, and Hawaii are examples of landforms created by ____________________________.
A) a convergent zone
B) a subduction zone
C) a ring of fire
D) a divergent zone
E) a hot spot
  • 3. At mid-ocean ridges, new ____________________________ crust is created.
A) convergent
B) volcanic
C) transform
D) continental
E) oceanic
  • 4. Seafloor spreading is a process that creates new ________________________ crust.
A) transform
B) oceanic
C) continental
D) convergent
E) volcanic
  • 5. The _________________________ Islands are located in the middle of the Pacific plate.
A) Ring
B) Hawaiian
C) Samoan
D) Icelandic
E) Australian
  • 6. Convection currents in our Earth's mantle drives the process that moves our __________________________.
A) mountains
B) crusts
C) volcanoes
D) oceans
E) clouds
  • 7. The largest and most powerful mountains and volcanoes are located _____________________________.
A) on Iceland
B) above surface
C) on Australia
D) on the surface
E) underwater
  • 8. Areas where continental and oceanic plates converge are also said to be _____________________________.
A) Icelandic zones
B) mid-pacific zones
C) mid-atlantic zones
D) Australian zones
E) subduction zones
  • 9. Between oceanic and continental crusts, the ___________________ crust is more dense.
A) convergent
B) transform
C) oceanic
D) divergent
E) continental
  • 10. The rate of seafloor spreading is approximately ______________ every 10 years.
A) 3 inches
B) 30 inches
C) 30 cm
D) 30 meters
E) 3 cm
  • 11. As the ocean seafloor spreads, the newly formed floor will adapt a specific magnetic signature according to the Earth's magnetic pole at that time. As years pass, lateral segments of seafloor will thus share the same _____________________ signature on either side of the mid-oceanic ridge.
A) zubductive
B) magnetic
C) convergent
D) divergent
E) volcanic
  • 12. In seafloor spreading, the further the ocean floor is away from the mid-ocean ridge, the _____________________ that floor will be.
A) rockier
B) newer
C) younger
D) older
E) prettier
  • 13. Iceland is located in the middle of _______________________________________________________________.
A) the mid-Australian ridge
B) the mid-Atlantic ridge
C) the mid-Caribbean ridge
D) the mid-convergent ridge
E) the mid-Pacific ridge
  • 14. In an island chain such as Hawaii, volcanic islands further away from the hot spot will tend to be ________________________.
A) newer
B) younger
C) older
D) rockier
E) prettier
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