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Which type of seismic wave is not transmitted through liquid media?
Which type of seismic wave is not transmitted through liquid media?
What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
What is the chemical boundary between the Crust and the Mantle called?
What is the chemical boundary between the Crust and the Mantle called?
Which layer of the Earth is the weaker region of the upper mantle that deforms by viscous flow?
Which layer of the Earth is the weaker region of the upper mantle that deforms by viscous flow?
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What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
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What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?
What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?
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Which type of rock undergoes textural and mineralogical changes as it is deformed, pressurized, and heated?
Which type of rock undergoes textural and mineralogical changes as it is deformed, pressurized, and heated?
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What are the three basic types of plate boundaries?
What are the three basic types of plate boundaries?
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Where do transform plate boundaries occur?
Where do transform plate boundaries occur?
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Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart and faults and earthquakes occur?
Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart and faults and earthquakes occur?
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What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
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What type of plate boundary occurs where plates collide and the downgoing oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle?
What type of plate boundary occurs where plates collide and the downgoing oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle?
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What is the main cause of the formation of mountain belts in convergent continental plate boundaries?
What is the main cause of the formation of mountain belts in convergent continental plate boundaries?
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Which type of plate boundary occurs where one plate slides past another with a strike-slip motion?
Which type of plate boundary occurs where one plate slides past another with a strike-slip motion?
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What type of rock is typically produced at subduction zones?
What type of rock is typically produced at subduction zones?
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Where is new lithosphere created?
Where is new lithosphere created?
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Which layer of the Earth is the weaker region of the upper mantle that deforms by viscous flow?
Which layer of the Earth is the weaker region of the upper mantle that deforms by viscous flow?
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What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
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Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart and faults and earthquakes occur?
Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart and faults and earthquakes occur?
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What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?
What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?
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What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
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What type of rock is typically produced at convergent plate boundaries?
What type of rock is typically produced at convergent plate boundaries?
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What type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart?
What type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart?
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What type of plate boundary occurs where plates collide and the downgoing oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle?
What type of plate boundary occurs where plates collide and the downgoing oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle?
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Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
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What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
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What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
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Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
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Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates slide past each other horizontally?
Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates slide past each other horizontally?
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What is the mineralogical phase change associated with the Moho, the boundary between the Crust and the Mantle?
What is the mineralogical phase change associated with the Moho, the boundary between the Crust and the Mantle?
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Which type of plate boundary occurs where one plate slides past another with a strike-slip motion?
Which type of plate boundary occurs where one plate slides past another with a strike-slip motion?
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What type of rock is typically produced at subduction zones?
What type of rock is typically produced at subduction zones?
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Where is new lithosphere created?
Where is new lithosphere created?
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Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
Which type of seismic wave travels through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth?
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What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
What is the mechanical boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere called?
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What is the mineralogical phase change associated with the Moho, the boundary between the Crust and the Mantle?
What is the mineralogical phase change associated with the Moho, the boundary between the Crust and the Mantle?
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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the production of volcanic rocks?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the production of volcanic rocks?
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What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
What type of rock is typically produced at divergent plate boundaries?
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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountain belts?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountain belts?
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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the subduction of oceanic plates?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the subduction of oceanic plates?
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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountains, such as the Alps and Himalayas?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountains, such as the Alps and Himalayas?
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What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
What is the composition of the oceanic crust?
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Which scientist proposed a mechanism for how continents move, involving convection of the mantle?
Which scientist proposed a mechanism for how continents move, involving convection of the mantle?
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What type of plate boundary is associated with shallow earthquakes in narrow belts at mid-ocean spreading centers?
What type of plate boundary is associated with shallow earthquakes in narrow belts at mid-ocean spreading centers?
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