Department of Education: Republic of The Philippines
Department of Education: Republic of The Philippines
A. TOPIC:
1.1. Seafloor Spreading
B. KEY CONCEPTS:
plate from the African plate. The East Pacific Rise is a mid-ocean ridge that
runs through the eastern Pacific Ocean and separates the Pacific plate from
the North American plate, the Cocos plate, the Nazca plate, and the Antarctic
plate. The Southeast Indian Ridge marks where the southern Indo-Australian
plate forms a divergent boundary with the Antarctic plate.
Seafloor spreading is not consistent at all mid-ocean ridges. Slowly spreading
ridges are the sites of tall, narrow underwater cliffs and mountains. Rapidly
spreading ridges have a much more gentle slopes.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, for instance, is a slow spreading center. It spreads 2-
5 centimeters (.8-2 inches) every year and forms an ocean trench about the
size of the Grand Canyon. The East Pacific Rise, on the other hand, is a fast
spreading center. It spreads about 6-16 centimeters (3-6 inches) every year.
There is not an ocean trench at the East Pacific Rise, because the seafloor
spreading is too rapid for one to develop.
The newest, thinnest crust on Earth is located near the center of mid-ocean
ridge—the actual site of seafloor spreading. The age, density, and thickness
of oceanic crust increases with distance from the mid-ocean ridge.
Deep-ocean trenches- where the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater
canyons.
Mid-ocean ridge- the longest chain of mountains in the world.
Seafloor spreading- the process that continually adds new material to the
ocean floor.
Sonar-A device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then
records the echoes of these sound waves.
Subduction- the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep
ocean trench and back into the mantle.
C. LEARNING CHECK-UP
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1. Where do you think the youngest rocks are located on the ocean floor?
A. Near Asia C. at mid-ocean ridges
B. near continents D. far from mid-ocean ridges
2. What do you call to the process of continuously adding new material to the ocean
floor?
A. Continental drifting C. Continental spreading
B. Seafloor spreading D. Seafloor drifting
3. What did the scientist find while studying the ocean floor?
A. plastic C. magnetic stripes
B. sediment D. none of the above
8. What device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then records the
echoes of these sound waves?
A. Solar C. Soler
B. Sonar D. Soner
9. How do you describe the magnetic pattern of ocean floor rocks on one side of an ocean
ridge?
A. younger than on the other side
B. at right angles to the ocean ridge
C. a mirror image of that of the other side
D. much different from the magnetic pattern found in rocks on land
10. What process that allows part of the ocean floor to sink back into the mantle?
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A. Conduction C. Seclusion
B. Convection D. Subduction
D. LEARNING INSIGHTS:
ANSWER KEY:
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1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. D