Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics Concept
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What technology in the 1950s allowed scientists to capture an image of the bottom of the ocean?

  • Radar
  • Underwater cameras
  • Sonar (correct)
  • Satellite imagery
  • What did scientists discover about the bottom of the ocean that astonished them?

  • Flat and smooth surface
  • Extensive coral reefs
  • Abundance of shipwrecks
  • Mountains, valleys, ridges, trenches, and volcanoes (correct)
  • What do the tectonic plates, according to the text, float on top of?

  • Metallic core
  • Solid bedrock
  • Circulating magma mantle (correct)
  • Ocean water
  • What is the main idea behind the theory of plate tectonics?

    <p>Constant movement and change of tectonic plates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the plate tectonics theory provide a reason for?

    <p>Formation of violent volcanoes, beautiful islands, magnificent mountains, extraordinary valleys, and devastating earthquakes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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