Flashcardizz Review

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How have scientists been able to study Earth's mantle?

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Earth's surface heat warms the crust turning it into mantle.

Front

What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

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lithosphere

Front

What is the thickest layer on Earth? Options: the mantle, the inner core, the outer core, the crust

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the mantle

Front

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel? Options: Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Lithosphere

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Inner Core

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At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

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Divergent

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The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

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Transform

Front

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's: Continental crust, Oceanic crust, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

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During sea floor spreading, where does molten material rise up from the mantle?

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at the mid ocean ridges

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A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic