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?

Movement of lithospheric plates Signup and view all the answers

How much do the lithospheric plates move each year?

A few millimetres Signup and view all the answers

What causes the movement of the lithospheric plates?

The movement of molten magma inside the earth Signup and view all the answers

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

Endogenic forces Signup and view all the answers

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

Lithospheric plates Signup and view all the answers

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

The warm and cool layers of water Signup and view all the answers

What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

Movement of the lithospheric plates Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

How much do the lithospheric plates move each year?

What causes the movement of the lithospheric plates?

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

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

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

What causes changes on the surface of the earth?

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