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Question Set: Ocean Floor and Volcanoes

NGSS Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and Effect

NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas

ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

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Question Set: Ocean Floor and Volcanoes

What is seafloor spreading? Why is it less likely to occur in the Pacific ocean basin than in the Atlantic ocean basin?
Explain how you think seafloor spreading and subduction recycle Earth’s materials.
Explain the formation process of a mid-ocean island from a hot spot to an atoll. What are the major processes that cause these changes?

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