What happens to the age of seafloor sediments as you move away from the ocean ridge?
Plates Tectonics Review

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The age of seafloor sediments increases.
2.
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Are tectonic plates constantly moving?
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True
3.
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What is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?
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Mantle convection currents.
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Why does magma under a hotspot melt Earth's crust?
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It is hotter than the surrounding magma.
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What happens at a subduction zone?
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The denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust.
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What are tectonic plates?
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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.
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What is mantle convection?
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The process by which heat from the Earth's interior causes the mantle to flow, driving plate tectonics.
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