Plate Tectonics Scrambled Words Quiz
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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?

  • Sealroof spreading
  • Slab pull
  • Spadreign
  • Ridge push (correct)
  • 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?

    <p>Subduction zone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge?

    <p>Ridge push</p> Signup and view all the answers

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