Where is the temperature in the Mantle the greatest?
Where is the temperature in the Mantle the greatest?
Why do the oceanic and continental crust not fall into the Mantle?
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Oceanic crust is...
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Continental crust is...
Where is the temperature in the Mantle the greatest?
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Describe or demonstrate how the convection currents in the Mantle work.
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Mount St. Helens
creation of new crust
ground above caves in
San Andreas Fault
lift and rip the crust
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
plates moving in opposite directions
East Africa Rift
Oceanic Divergent
Continental Divergent
Transform
Describe how a 'Strike-Slip Fault' is different from a 'Transform Fault'.
What is the name of the process of one tectonic plate going under another?
Oceanic Crust and Continental Crust converge.
Which goes under, and why?
Why does the top of the continental crust deform and fracture in a subduction zone?
The crust melting from the subducting plate causes magma to 'float up' to the surface and create volcanoes.
What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?
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When continental and continental plates converge ...
Match the given items to their correct categories. (Items may be used more than once or not be used at all.)
Aleutian Islands
Himalayan Mountains
subduction zone created
no subduction zone created
Mount St. Helens
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Continental and Contiental
Contiental and Oceanic
Oceanic and Oceanic