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What is the motion of hot, soft rock rising, cooling and sinking, then heating up and rising again called?
What is the motion of hot, soft rock rising, cooling and sinking, then heating up and rising again called?
- Convection current (correct)
- Seafloor spreading
- Connection cruver
- Gravitational force
What is the driving force for plate motion at spreading centers where plates are moving apart?
What is the driving force for plate motion at spreading centers where plates are moving apart?
- Sealroof spreading
- Slab pull
- Spadreign
- Ridge push (correct)
What geologic process involves tectonic plates splitting apart from each other?
What geologic process involves tectonic plates splitting apart from each other?
- Gravitational force
- Seafloor spreading (correct)
- Subduction
- Spadreign
What is the region of the Earth’s crust where one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate called?
What is the region of the Earth’s crust where one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate called?
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What causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge?
What causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge?
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