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The movement of tectonic plates is caused by:

• convection currents in the mantle
• heat in the inner core
• radiation from the sun
• strong global winds

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Which BEST describes the rock cycle?

• New rocks form from older rocks.
• Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.
• Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.
• Layers of rock are broken by faults.

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Weathering is the

• process of rocks breaking down

• melting of rocks

• baking of rocks

• cementing of particles

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Pressure in the crust decreases.

• The mantle increases in size.

• Pressure in the crust increases.

• Pieces of the crust, known as tectonic plates, move.

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_____ is the material that is deposited by the melting glacier.

• kettles

• cirque

• horn

• till

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Earth's internal processes are driven primarily by what?

• Heat and convection currents

• Ocean currents

• Weathering and erosion

• Earthquakes and volcanoes

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The process that moves bits of rock or soil from one place to another

• Chemical weathering

• Physical weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

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The energy that drives weathering and erosion of rocks comes from

• the sun

• the Earth's interior

• the ocean

• the plate boundaries

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Which Layer of the Earth has convection currents?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

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