Practice - CONCEPT OF SEA FLOOR SPREADING
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Practice Questions
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What is sea floor spreading?
💡 Hint: Think about where new crust forms.
Name one evidence supporting sea floor spreading.
💡 Hint: What happens to rocks as you move away from the ridge?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary mechanism of sea floor spreading?
💡 Hint: Consider where new crust forms in the ocean.
True or False: The oceanic crust is older than the continental crust.
💡 Hint: Think about the age differences of rocks on either side of the ridge.
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Challenge Problems
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Formulate a hypothesis on the relationship between sea floor spreading rates and earthquake occurrences in mid-ocean ridges.
💡 Hint: Link the speed of crust formation with tectonic stress.
Explore how the concept of plate tectonics has advanced our understanding of historical geological events.
💡 Hint: Think about how plates interact over geological time periods.
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