Earth's Dynamic Layers

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What causes the movement of lithospheric plates according to the text?

  • Gravitational pull from the moon
  • Heating of the atmosphere
  • Molten magma inside the earth (correct)
  • Tectonic plate collisions

What are the forces that act in the interior of the earth called?

  • Tectonic forces
  • Centrifugal forces
  • Exogenic forces
  • Endogenic forces (correct)

What are the plates that the lithosphere is broken into known as?

  • Crustal plates
  • Subduction plates
  • Tectonic plates
  • Lithospheric plates (correct)

What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

<p>Movement of lithospheric plates (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How much do the lithospheric plates move each year?

<p>A few millimetres (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes the movement of the lithospheric plates?

<p>The movement of molten magma inside the earth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the forces that act in the interior of the earth called?

<p>Endogenic forces (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the broken lithosphere that forms a number of plates?

<p>Lithospheric plates (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes the paper pellet to move upward and then sink back in the activity described?

<p>The warm and cool layers of water (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

<p>Movement of the lithospheric plates (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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