Recorded Quizziz about Convection Current

A convection current is caused by differences in temperature resulting to variation in ___________.

• A. air pressure

• B. color

• C. density

• D. mass

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Scientists believe that the motion of tectonic plates is caused by ______________.

• A. pressure in Earth’s crust

• B. conveyor belts

• C. convection currents

• D. heat in the Earth’s core

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It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.

• A. volume

• B. temperature

• C. density

• D. mass

Hot molten materials in a convection cell rises near the ______________.

• A. outer core

• B. crust

• C. inner core

• D. mantle

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The idea that Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into separate plates that float on the mantle is the theory of __________.

• A. continental drift

• B. seafloor spreading

• C. tectonic movement

• D. plate tectonics

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The region in which one plate moves under another is ____________.

• A. rift valley

• B. subduction zone

• C. magma chamber

• D. vent

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The motion of gas or liquid caused by differences in temperature is a _________.

• A. tectonic movement

• B. plate tectonic

• C. convection current

• D. magma chamber

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A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down ___________.

• A. slab pull

• B. ridge push

• C. convection current

• D. seafloor spreading

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The process of one plate moving under another plate is called ______________.

• A. drifting

• B. plate tectonics

• C. seafloor spreading

• D. subduction

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Tectonic plates ride on ________________.

• A. inner core

• B. asthenosphere

• C. outer core

• D. lithosphere

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