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9.102 Sea Floor Spreading and Magnetic Stripes Worksheet

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This Physical Science with Earth and Science Science worksheet provides structured practice on 9.102 Sea Floor Spreading and Magnetic Stripes. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Sea-Floor Spreading and Magnetic Stripes: MCQ focus: use ocean-floor age, mid-ocean ridges, trenches, and magnetic stripe patterns as plate-motion evidence. Aligned to NGSS high school Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering Design; NRC/DCI; SEP/CCC; CCSS math/literacy connections; selected CA NGSS, NYSSLS, Florida CPALMS, and Texas TEKS references NGSS HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS2-1 - NGSS-aligned Sea-Floor Spreading and Magnetic Stripes: NGSS: HS-ESS1-5; HS-ESS2-1; NRC/DCI: ESS1.C; ESS2.A; SEP/CCC: Analyzing data / Patterns; Common: RST.9-10.7; State refs: CA/NYSSLS same HS-ESS PE family; FL SC.912.E.6; TX Earth Systems 112.49.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which integrated data set would provide the strongest evidence that plate motion is forming and recycling oceanic crust?

AYoung crust at a trench, older crust at a ridge, and no subduction evidence

BYoung crust at a ridge, matching magnetic stripes outward, increasing ages, and old crust near a trench

CRandom magnetic bands, same-age crust everywhere, and no plate boundaries

DOnly a coastline shape, without ocean-floor ages or magnetic data

Solution & Explanation:The strongest data set combines creation evidence at a ridge, movement evidence from stripes and ages, and recycling evidence near a trench.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which investigation design would best test a sea-floor spreading model for an unexplored ridge?

ACollect beach sand on a distant continent and ignore ocean-floor samples.

BCollect magnetic profiles perpendicular to the ridge and date basalt samples at increasing distances.

CMeasure only wave height above the ridge for one day.

DMap fish populations without measuring rocks or magnetism.

Solution & Explanation:The best design gathers the evidence needed for the model: magnetic symmetry across the ridge and ages that increase with distance from it.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Use the time-sequence model to answer the question: Which sequence best represents oceanic crust in an active plate system?

ABasalt forms at a trench, loses its age, moves to a ridge, and becomes continental crust.

BOceanic crust forms once, stays fixed, and keeps the same age across the basin.

CSediment forms magnetic stripes, stops plate motion, and turns ridges into trenches.

DBasalt forms at a ridge, records magnetic polarity, moves away, ages, and may later subduct at a trench.

Solution & Explanation:The complete model links crust creation at ridges, magnetic recording during cooling, outward motion and aging, and possible recycling at trenches.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Physical Science with Earth and Science Science students. It aligns with educational standard NGSS HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS2-1 (NGSS: HS-ESS1-5; HS-ESS2-1; NRC/DCI: ESS1.C; ESS2.A; SEP/CCC: Analyzing data / Patterns; Common: RST.9-10.7; State refs: CA/NYSSLS same HS-ESS PE family; FL SC.912.E.6; TX Earth Systems 112.49.).