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?

<p>Arabian, Indian, Philippine, Juan de Fuca (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Divergent boundaries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Rift valleys (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Divergent Tectonic Boundary (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Which feature characterizes convergent plate boundaries?

<p>Plates collide or come together (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Divergent plate boundaries (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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