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Quiz 3: Plate Tectonics
What Is Being Depicted by This Figure?
Question 29
Multiple Choice
What is being depicted by this figure?
A)continental collision B)continent-continent convergence C)early stages of seafloor spreading D)early stages of subduction E)a boundary that is mostly a transform fault
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Mid-ocean ridges form where two ocean plates: A)collide B)diverge C)subduct D)slide past each other E)are destroyed
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Mid-ocean ridges are higher than surrounding oceanic crust primarily because: A)two plates are colliding B)the crust is thicker C)the crust is stronger D)transform faulting uplifts the rocks E)the lithosphere is thinner and hotter
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