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Which layer of the Earth is theasthenosphere found in?

Mantle

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Which type of plate is more dense,an oceanic plate or a continental

plate?

Oceanic

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__________ results from a forcepressing on an area. This forcecauses temperature at depth to

increase.

Pressure

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The area around the Pacific OceanIs known for have most

Of the volcanoes on Earth. What Name has this area been given?

“Pacific Ring of Fire”

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The Earth’s inner core is made ofsolid ____________.

metal

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When two plates of the samedensity smash together, what type

of landform is created?

Mountains

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_______ is a rock that usually isa light color and has a course

texture.

Granite

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_______ are breaks in the Earth’scrust where rocks have slipped

past each other.

Faults

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The layer of the Earth which goesdown to about 30 miles at its

deepest is called ______.

Crust

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What causes the tectonicplates to spread?

Seafloor Spreading or Convection Currents

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A __________ is any trace of anancient organism that hasbeen preserved in rock.

fossil

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Which type of natural disastersare used to study the interior

of the Earth?

Earthquakes

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When two plates are sliding pasteach other, the type of boundary

is known as a _______ boundary.

Transform

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Subduction occurs when the Earth’s crust is recycled underneathanother plate. What feature wouldbe likely to form where the plate

begins to subduct?

Trench

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What is the rate of plate motion if a plate moved 300 km in 4 million

years?

About 8 cm per year

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What cause the inner core to be SOLID metal?

Gravity

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At a divergent plate boundary, theplates are moving a part. What

is created here that allows magmato make its way to the Earth

surface?

Rift Valley

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Which ocean is shrinking due to subduction all both sides?

Pacific Ocean

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What is the rate of movement ofA plate that moves 30 km in

1,500,000 years?

2 cm per year