Causes of Plate Movements

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Gayle Andrea Buen
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
1. What is the primary source of energy that drives plate movement?
A. A. Solar radiation
B. Tidal force
C. Heat from Earth’s interior
D. Gravitational pull of the moon
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
2. Which process occurs when hot materials rise and cooler materials sink inside the mantle?
A. Subduction
B. Convection current
C. Slab pull
D. Sea-floor spreading
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
3. Which of the following best explains the term “slab pull”?
A. The pushing of plates at mid-ocean ridges
B. The rising of magma in the mantle
C. The sinking of a denser oceanic plate into the mantle
D. The eruption of a volcano
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
4. What process happens at mid-ocean ridges that contributes to plate movement?
A. Subduction
B. Convection
C. Ridge push
D. Earthquake formation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
5. What process occurs when an oceanic plate is forced beneath a continental plate?
A. Ridge push
B. Convection
C. Crustal spreading
D. Subduction
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
6. Which of the following describes "ridge push"?
A. The downward movement of old oceanic crust
B. The outward force from elevated mid-ocean ridges
C. The movement caused by volcanic eruptions
D. The collapse of trenches
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
7. What best describes the role of "slab pull" in plate tectonics?
A. Plates are pulled by a sinking, denser slab at subduction zones
B. Plates are pushed from the sides
C. Plates melt and flow upwards
D. Plates slide horizontally past each other
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