Geology Questions
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_____ plates are located along crests of ocean ridges
Seismic waves radiate in which direction from the hypocenter?
Many transform plate boundary events occur in the _____ crust, few occur in the _____ crust.
When occurring on land, divergent plates can also create a _____ _____
The ocean crust is relatively _____
The _____ responds to forces by flowing, and is part of the upper mantle
A theory proposed in 1915 by Alfred Wegener before the theory of plate tectonics.
Transform plate boundaries are plates that _____ without production or destruction of the _____
The _____ plates are in _____ motion with respect to each other
The lithosphere and _____ are effectively detached because of their differences in _____
Some earthquakes occur in _____ plate boundaries
Convergent plates can produce _____ on continent
Divergent plates can create _____ valleys
Specific theory that large scale crustal deformation results form movement of lithospheric plates
The lithosphere is broken into different sections called _____
The _____ layers respond to forces by bending and breaking/fracturing
divergent plate boundaries are plates that _____ and have a _____ margin
The ______ is the soft, weak, warm "plastic" layer below the crust, and part of upper mantle.
The _____ is a layer of the Earth that is composed of an iron-nickel alloy
The _____ and the _____ are the layers of the Earth that are mostly made out of silicates