What is represented by the picture?

How the continents are arranged today

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

convection currents in the asthenosphere

the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

the friction force between the plates that move past each other

What happens in a Convection Current?

Hot magma rises, cold magma lowers

Cold Magma moves left, hot magma moves right

Hot magma moves left, and cold magma moves right

Hot Magma lowers, cold magma rises

The diagram shows a rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift valley to form?

Two tectonic plates separated from each other.

Two tectonic plates collided with each other.

One tectonic plate slid under another.

One tectonic plate slid past another.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

Which type of crust is older?

The crust isn't alive so they don't have an age

Why does the continental crust float more than the oceanic crust?

The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust.

The continental crust is thinner than the oceanic crust.

The continental crust is more dense than the oceanic crust.

The continental crust has more water content than the oceanic crust.

The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is _____.

a mirror image of that of the other side

much different from the magnetic pattern found in rocks on land

at right angles to the ocean ridge

What is the difference between magma and lava?

lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

lava is the chamber that magma flows

lava has a different chemical composition than magma

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The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma.

Inner Core

Mantle

Crust

Outer Core

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The hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

Inner Core

Mantle

Crust

Outer Core

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The dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

Inner Core

Mantle

Crust

Outer Core

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The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

Divergent Plate Boundary

Convergent Plate Boundary

Transform Plate Boundary

Subversive Plate Boundary

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The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.

Divergent Plate Boundary

Convergent Plate Boundary

Transform Plate Boundary

Subversive Plate Boundary

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The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.

Divergent Plate Boundary

Convergent Plate Boundary

Transform Plate Boundary

Subversive Plate Boundary

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When two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle.

Subduction

Erosion

Deposition

Convection

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Plate Tectonics, EQ, and Volcanoes Review

The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma.

The hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

The dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.

When two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle.

What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.

A break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock.

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

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