Question 1
Which type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past one another?
Question 2
Which layer of Earth's structure generates the heat necessary for mantle convection?
Question 3
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the creation of new crust?
Question 4
How does radioactive decay contribute to plate movement?
Question 5
What is a common misconception about the asthenosphere?
Question 6
What are the two main processes that drive the movement of tectonic plates?
Question 7
What distinguishes magma from lava?
Question 8
What geologic phenomenon commonly occurs at transform boundaries?
Question 9
Who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
Question 10
What is the role of convection currents in the mantle?
Question 11
What primarily distinguishes oceanic plates from continental plates?
Question 12
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory initially dismissed by geologists?
Question 13
In terms of heat transfer, how does convection differ from conduction?
Question 14
What geologic features are typically found at ocean-continental convergent boundaries?
Question 15
Which plate boundary is associated with the Himalayas' formation?