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What is the cooling source for convection in the mantle?

• the Crust
• the Mantle
• the Core

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Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

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Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

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What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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Choose the number where the following description best fits:  Hot lava cools.

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 5

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How can you describe the “heat flow” or convection currents in the Earth’s mantle?

• When magma is heated by the core, it becomes dense and sinks. When magma cools, it becomes dense and rises.

• The heat flow in the mantle bubbles up under the surface causing the surface to be warm.

• When magma is heated by the core, it becomes less dense and rises. When magma cools, it becomes dense and sinks.

• Heat flow comes up through volcanoes making the Earth warm enough to sustain life.

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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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The motion of tectonic plates is caused by...

• Convection currents

• Pressure

• Minerals

• Ocean Currents

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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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How can energy play a role in different rock types forming?

• Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock, but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces of rock.

• Energy causes different types of rock to change in different ways. Energy changes igneous rock into liquid rock and changes sedimentary rock into small pieces of rock.

• Energy changes rock on different continents in different ways. Each continent on Earth on Earth has different rock that might form liquid rock or small pieces when exposed to energy.

• Energy caused one rock type to form, but not the other. Rock that forms because of energy is a different type of rock than rock that forms without energy.

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