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What was one of the driving forces proposed by Hess for plate motion?

  • Continental Drift
  • Ridge Push (correct)
  • Trench Suction
  • Mantle Plumes

What is the process that has torn the Arabian Peninsula away from Africa to form the Red Sea?

  • Continental Drift
  • Mantle Convection
  • Seafloor Spreading
  • Plate motion (correct)

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving horizontally past each other?

  • Ocean-Ocean Convergence
  • Convergent Plate Boundaries
  • Divergent Plate Boundaries
  • Transform Boundaries (correct)

What is the driving force behind the motion of tectonic plates at subduction zones?

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

What geological feature is used as evidence for seafloor spreading and plate motion?

<p>Marine Magnetic Anomalies (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What geological feature provides evidence for seafloor spreading and plate motion?

<p>Marine Magnetic Anomalies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the driving force behind the motion of tectonic plates at subduction zones?

<p>Slab Pull (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving horizontally past each other?

<p>Transform Boundaries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the driving forces proposed by Hess for plate motion?

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

What process has torn the Arabian Peninsula away from Africa to form the Red Sea?

<p>Plate motion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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