Lithosphere and Tectonic Plates

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What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?

Upper mantle

Mantle

Lithosphere (correct)

Crust

What geological phenomena can result from interactions at convergent boundaries?

Development of transform faults

Creation of mid-ocean ridges

Formation of rift valleys

Subduction zones and volcanic arcs (correct)

What results from the movement at divergent boundaries?

Formation of mountain ranges

Formation of new oceanic crust (correct)

Creation of rift valleys

Creation of deep ocean trenches

What are the minor plates within the lithosphere?

Arabian, Indian, Philippine, Juan de Fuca Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?

Divergent boundaries Signup and view all the answers

What geological feature can be created by the stretching and thinning of the crust at divergent plate boundaries?

Rift valleys Signup and view all the answers

Which tectonic boundary is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust?

Divergent Tectonic Boundary Signup and view all the answers

What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?

Lithosphere Signup and view all the answers

Which feature characterizes convergent plate boundaries?

Plates collide or come together Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?

Divergent plate boundaries Signup and view all the answers

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What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?

What geological phenomena can result from interactions at convergent boundaries?

What results from the movement at divergent boundaries?

What are the minor plates within the lithosphere?

What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?

What geological feature can be created by the stretching and thinning of the crust at divergent plate boundaries?

Which tectonic boundary is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust?

What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?

Which feature characterizes convergent plate boundaries?

What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?

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