No explanation needed please answer all the question below   What do you call the movement of this lower molten layer causes the plates to shift? a. Continental Drift b. Continents c. Plate Tectonics d. Plates   Convection current takes place, in what part of the layer of the Earth? a. Core b. Crust c. Lower Mantle d. Upper Mantle Assessment

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What do you call the movement of this lower molten layer causes the plates to shift?

a. Continental Drift

b. Continents

c. Plate Tectonics

d. Plates

 

Convection current takes place, in what part of the layer of the Earth?

a. Core

b. Crust

c. Lower Mantle

d. Upper Mantle Assessment

 

It is the gradual movement of the continents over time.

a. Continental Drift

b. Oceanic Drift

c. Revolution

d. Rotation

 

The continents broke during the _________.

a. Both Triassic and Jurassic Periods

b. Jurassic Periods

c. Triassic Periods

d. None of the above

 

Continents were once joined in a one large landmass called supercontinent also known as what?

a. Continental drift

b. Large mass

c. Pangaea

d. Plates

 

The Plate Boundaries where two plates slide past one another.

a. Continent

b. Convergent

c. Divergent

d. Transform Fault

 

___________sits on a fluid level of molten rock

a. Continents

b. Landmass

c. Pangaea

d. Plates

 

The Plate Boundaries where lithospheric plates are moving towards one another

a. Continent

b. Convergent

c. Divergent

d. Transform Fault

 

A geophysical process in which two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older,denser plate is pushed beneath the lighter plate and deep into the mantle

a. Continental Drift

b. Pangaea

c. Plate Tectonics

d. Subduction

 

The Plate Boundaries where lithospheric plates are moving away from one another

a. Continent

b. Convergent

c. Divergent

d. Transform Fault

 

 

 

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