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What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?
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?
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?
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?
What are the minor plates within the lithosphere?
What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?
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?
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?
Which tectonic boundary is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust?
What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?
What is the layer of the Earth mainly involved in tectonic activities?
Which feature characterizes convergent plate boundaries?
Which feature characterizes convergent plate boundaries?
What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?
What is responsible for the continuous reshaping and formation of Earth's crust?