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Earth Processes Quiz 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A long underwater mountain chain where plates move apart | Mid-ocean ridge |
| Theory that huge pieces of Earth’s solid crust move very slowly | Plate tectonics |
| Hot region of Earth’s upper mantle that flows very slowly | Asthenosphere |
| Movement of heat energy in which the cooler, more dense materials falls and the hotter, less dense material rises | Convection |
| Earth’s lithosphere is made up of huge moving sections, called _____________. | Plates |
| New crust forms at ________ boundaries. | Divergent |
| At convergent boundaries, plates ______. | Collide |
| The San Andreas Fault is a ___________ fault, where blocks of crust scrape past each other. | Strike-slip |
| What is the main earth process that occurs at an ocean trench? | Subduction |
| What is the main earth process that occurs at a mid-ocean ridge? | Sea-Floor Spreading |