The Dynamic Ocean Floor
- List and explain the lines of evidence that support the theory of plate tectonics.
- Locate and describe the mid-ocean ridge system and deep-ocean trenches.
- Describe the relation between earthquakes and plate boundaries.
- Describe the magnetic polarity reversals that have taken place on Earth in the last four million
- Determine the rate of seafloor spreading that occurs along a mid-ocean ridge by using paleomagnetic evidence.
- Use the rate of seafloor spreading for an ocean basin to determine its age.
- Describe the three types of plate boundaries and the motion of the plates that occurs along each
