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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How much do the lithospheric plates move each year?

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

    What causes the movement of the lithospheric plates?

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

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

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

    What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

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

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