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Heat Quiz

Last updated about 5 years ago

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What is the heat source for convection currents in the upper mantle (athensophere)?

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Give an example of what can result at a Divergent Plate Boundary.

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What causes the plates in the lithosphere to move?

Why does warm air rise?

it is less dense

gravity does not effect it

it has less volume

it is more dense

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again.

Transform 

Convergent

Subduction

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Tranform

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Which landform is created by convergent boundaries? 

Mountains

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Lakes

What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a fault line like the  San Andreas fault in California?

divergent boundary

transform boundary

convergent boundary

Which layer is the "Lithosphere and Asthenosphere" a part of?

Outer Core

Inner Core

Crust

Lower Mantel

A cool fluid is less dense than a warm fluid.

True

False

Categorize the layers of the earth by their state.

Asthenosphere

Outer Core

Mantle

Inner Core

Crust

Solid

Liquid