Reading Check Questions p. 22-25
Q
1. What does the idea of a “world ocean” mean?
2. Although your book states that there are four ocean basins, there has recently been a fifth one
added to the classification of basins. Which ocean is this?
3. How long ago did the big bang occur?
4. What are the three layers of interior Earth called?
5. What type of rock makes up ocean crust? Continental crust?
6. How are ridges and trenches different?
7. Describe the Theory of Plate Tectonics in your own words.
Reading Check Questions p. 22-25
Q
1. What does the idea of a “world ocean” mean?
2. Although your book states that there are four ocean basins, there has recently been a fifth one
added to the classification of basins. Which ocean is this?
3. How long ago did the big bang occur?
4. What are the three layers of interior Earth called?
5. What type of rock makes up ocean crust? Continental crust?
6. How are ridges and trenches different?
7. Describe the Theory of Plate Tectonics in your own words.
Reading Check Questions p. 22-25
Q
1. What does the idea of a “world ocean” mean?
2. Although your book states that there are four ocean basins, there has recently been a fifth one
added to the classification of basins. Which ocean is this?
3. How long ago did the big bang occur?
4. What are the three layers of interior Earth called?
5. What type of rock makes up ocean crust? Continental crust?
6. How are ridges and trenches different?
7. Describe the Theory of Plate Tectonics in your own words.