Plate Tectonics Basics

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What is the Ring of Fire?

A mythical ring that controls the Earth's crust movements

An area in the Pacific Ocean basin known for earthquakes and volcanoes (correct)

A molten ring of magma beneath the Earth's surface

A region where tectonic plates collide, causing mountains to form

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

Mantle

Core

Crust (correct)

Lithosphere

What happens at convergent boundaries?

Plates remain stationary and unaffected

Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes

Plates collide, causing mountains and volcanoes (correct)

Plates move apart, creating new crust

What is the driving force behind plate motion called?

Both Slab Pull and Ridge Push Signup and view all the answers

What is the layer between the crust and the core called?

Mantle Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the process of ridge push?

Newly formed crust at mid-ocean ridges exerts a force that pushes older crust away from the ridge Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

All of the above contribute to the movement of tectonic plates Signup and view all the answers

At what type of tectonic boundary do plates move apart, creating new oceanic crust?

Divergent boundaries Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the lithosphere?

The solid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and the uppermost mantle Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of earthquakes at transform boundaries?

The sliding motion of tectonic plates past each other Signup and view all the answers

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What is the Ring of Fire?

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

What happens at convergent boundaries?

What is the driving force behind plate motion called?

What is the layer between the crust and the core called?

Which of the following best describes the process of ridge push?

What is the primary driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

At what type of tectonic boundary do plates move apart, creating new oceanic crust?

Which of the following best describes the lithosphere?

What is the primary cause of earthquakes at transform boundaries?

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