Seafloor Spreading Theory Quiz Questions And Answers

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Take the Seafloor Spreading Theory quiz to test your knowledge regarding the same topic. Carefully give answers to every question asked here to score the best. Basically, this hypothesis was proposed to explain the mid-ocean ridge system where new oceanic crust is formed. If you know enough about this seafloor spreading and can easily get full marks on this quiz below, give it a try and see for yourself. Take up the quiz now and assess your learning.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Who proposed the seafloor spreading hypothesis?
    • A. 

      Alfred Wegener

    • B. 

      Harry Hess

    • C. 

      Fred Vine

    • D. 

      D. H. Matthews

  • 2. 
    What instrument was used in mapping the variations in the Earth's magnetic field in oceanic rocks? 
    • A. 

      Gravitimeter

    • B. 

      Electrical resistivity meter

    • C. 

      Magnetometer

    • D. 

      None of the above

  • 3. 
    What is seafloor spreading?
    • A. 

      A thing in the ocean

    • B. 

      A process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges.

    • C. 

      Something in the sea

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 4. 
    Mid-Ocean ridges form long chains of what that rise up from the ocean floor.
    • A. 

      Valleys

    • B. 

      Rivers

    • C. 

      Mountains

    • D. 

      Rocks

  • 5. 
    In which year the seafloor spreading theory was proposed?
    • A. 

      1960

    • B. 

      1970

    • C. 

      1971

    • D. 

      1975

  • 6. 
    What does seafloor spreading explain?
    • A. 

      A continental drift

    • B. 

      Fossil fuels

    • C. 

      Both a and b

    • D. 

      Floods

  • 7. 
    The process by which magma rises forming new oceanic lithosphere layer is called
    • A. 

      Sea floor spreading

    • B. 

      Thermal reversal

    • C. 

      Magnetic reversal

    • D. 

      Electric reversal

  • 8. 
    Molten rock inside the earth is called
    • A. 

      Magma

    • B. 

      Fossil fuel

    • C. 

      Eruptic volcano

    • D. 

      Solid rock

  • 9. 
    Which one of the following is not an evidence of seafloor spreading?
    • A. 

      The molten material

    • B. 

      Magnetic stripes

    • C. 

      Seafloor drilling

    • D. 

      Fossil fuels

  • 10. 
    Seafloor spreading theory is also known as
    • A. 

      Theory of hypothesis

    • B. 

      Theory of plate tectonics

    • C. 

      The mid-ocean ridge system

    • D. 

      None of the above

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