Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

New crust is underwater where it sinks

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

At an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary, ____.

old crust is deformed or fractured

old crust is recycled by subduction

Ice wedging is an example of -

Both physical AND chemical weathering

What is urbanization?

movement of population from rural areas to cities

when cities can't get enough water

cities are often warmer than surrounding areas

when topsoil is eroded away and nothing will grow

What are some reasons deforestation occurs?

clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining

Population moving from rural areas to cities

to maximize sustainable use of natural resources

What are some consequences of deforestation?

soil erosion, loss of ability of trees to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere, loss of animal habitats

weakens the shorelines of land on the coast

more mercury and cyanide released into rivers

Flash flooding often occurs in city areas because

Roads, pavements, and buildings reduce the infiltration of water into the ground

Ground water storage is usually very large

Runoff decreases during precipitation

The heat generated by city areas decreases evaporation

What is the greenhouse effect?

The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

lithosphere

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What is the process of breaking down rocks or other material into smaller pieces?

erosion

weathering

compaction

cementation

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A plate boundary at which two plate move parallel to each other in opposite directions

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

transform plate boundary

subduction

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one tectonic plate moves under another

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

transform plate boundary

subduction

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a boundary at which two plate move toward each other

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

transform plate boundary

subduction

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The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

continental-oceanic convergent

continental-continental convergent

oceanic-oceanic convergent

continental-continental divergent

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The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with ____.

a transform boundary

hot spots

convergent boundaries

divergent boundaries

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How does the age of the seafloor sediments change with increasing distance from the ocean ridge?

age decreases

age stays the same

age increases

age varies without a pattern

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