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Chapter F4
Plate Tectonics
Table of Contents
Section 1 Inside the Earth
Section 2 Restless Continents
Section 3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Section 4 Deforming the Earth’s Crust
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Section 1 Inside the Earth
Objectives
• Identify the layers of the Earth by their chemical
composition.
• Identify the layers of the Earth by their physical
properties.
• Describe a tectonic plate.
• Explain how scientists know about the structure of
Earth’s interior.
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Section 1 Inside the Earth
The Composition of the Earth
• The Earth is divided into three layers—the crust,
the mantle, and the core—based on the compounds
that make up each layer.
• The Crust is the outermost layer of the Earth. The
crust is 5 to 100 km thick, and is the thinnest layer of
the Earth.
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The Composition of the Earth, continued
• There are two types of crust—continental and
oceanic. Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than
continental crust.
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The Composition of the Earth, continued
• The Mantle is the layer of the Earth between the
crust and the core. The mantle is much thicker than
the crust and contains most of the Earth’s mass.
• The crust is too thick to drill through, so scientists
must draw conclusions about the composition and
other properties of the mantle from observations
made on the Earth’s surface.
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The Composition of the Earth, continued
• The Core is the central part of the Earth that lies
below the mantle. The core makes up about onethird of Earth’s mass.
• Scientists think that the Earth’s core is made
mostly of iron and contains smaller amounts of
nickel but almost no oxygen, silicon, aluminum, or
magnesium.
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Section 1 Inside the Earth
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The Physical Structure of the Earth
The Earth is divided into five physical layers:
• The lithosphere
• The outer core
• The asthenosphere
• The inner core
• The mesosphere
Each layer has its own set of physical properties.
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Physical Structure of the Earth, continued
• The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth is called the
lithosphere.
• The lithosphere is made of two parts—the crust and
the rigid upper part of the mantle.
• The lithosphere is divided into pieces that are called
tectonic plates.
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Physical Structure of the Earth,
continued
• The asthenosphere is a plastic layer of the mantle
on which the tectonic plates move.
• The asthenosphere is made of solid rock that flows
very slowly.
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Physical Structure of the Earth, continued
• The mesosphere is the strong, lower part of the
mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer
core.
• The prefix meso- means “middle.”
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Physical Structure of the Earth, continued
• The Earth’s core is divided into two parts.
• The outer core is the liquid layer of the Earth’s core
that lies beneath the mantle.
• The inner core is the solid, dense center of our
planet that extends from the bottom of the outer core
to the center of the Earth, about 6,380 km beneath
the surface.
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Section 1 Inside the Earth
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Tectonic Plates
• Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top
of the asthenosphere are called tectonic plates.
• Tectonic plates consist of the crust and the rigid,
outermost part of the mantle.
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Tectonic Plates, continued
• A Giant Jigsaw Puzzle Each tectonic plate fits
together with the tectonic plates that surround it.
• The lithosphere is like a jigsaw puzzle. The tectonic
plates are like the pieces of the puzzle.
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Tectonic Plates, continued
• A Tectonic Plate Close-Up The following Visual
Concept presentation shows the Earth’s major
tectonic plates and how they fit together.
• The presentation also illustrates what a tectonic
plate might look like if you could lift it out of its place.
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Tectonic Plates
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Tectonic Plates, continued
• Tectonic plates “float” on the asthenosphere. The
plates cover the surface of the asthenosphere, and
they touch one another and move around.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
Bellringer
What is meant by the statement: “The United
States is moving westward”?
From what you know about geology and plate
tectonics, explain if you believe this statement to
be true or false.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
Objectives
• Describe Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.
• Explain how sea-floor spreading provides a way for
continents to move.
• Describe how new oceanic lithosphere forms at midocean ridges.
• Explain how magnetic reversals provide evidence for
sea-floor spreading.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
Wegener’s Continental Drift Hypothesis
• Continental drift is the hypothesis that states that
continents once formed a single landmass, broke up,
and drifted to their present locations.
• Scientist Alfred Wegener developed the hypothesis
in the early 1900s.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
The Breakup of Pangaea
• Wegener theorized that all of the present continents
were once joined in a single, huge continent he
called Pangaea.
• Pangaea is Greek for “all earth.”
• Pangaea existed about 245 million years ago.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
Continental Drift
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Section 2 Restless Continents
Sea-Floor Spreading
• Evidence to support the continental drift hypothesis
comes from sea-floor spreading.
• Sea-floor spreading is the process by which new
oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward
the surface and solidifies.
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Sea-Floor Spreading, continued
• Mid-Ocean Ridges and Sea-Floor Spreading
Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain chains
that run through Earth’s ocean basins.
• These mid-ocean ridges are the places where
sea-floor spreading takes place.
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Section 2 Restless Continents
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Section 3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Bellringer
If the sea floor is spreading an average of 4 cm a
year, how many years did it take New York and the
northwest coast of Africa to reach their current
locations, 676,000,000 cm apart?
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Section 3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Objectives
• Describe the three types of tectonic plate boundaries.
• Describe the three forces thought to move tectonic
plates.
• Explain how scientists measure the rate at which
tectonic plates move.
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Section 3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
• As scientists’ understanding of mid-ocean ridges
and magnetic reversals grew, a theory was formed
to explain how tectonic plates move.
• Plate tectonics is the theory that explains how
large pieces of the Earth’s outermost layer, called
tectonic plates, move and change shape.
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries, continued
• A boundary is a place where tectonic plates touch.
All tectonic plates share boundaries with other
tectonic plates.
• The type of boundary depends on how the tectonic
plates move relative to one another.
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries, continued
There are three types of tectonic plate boundaries:
• Convergent Boundaries
• Divergent Boundaries
• Transform Boundaries
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries, continued
• When two tectonic plates collide, the boundary
between them is a convergent boundary.
• What happens at convergent boundaries depends
on the kind of crust at the leading edge of each
tectonic plate.
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries, continued
• When two tectonic plates separate, the boundary
between them is called a divergent boundary.
• New sea floor forms at divergent boundaries.
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries, continued
• When two tectonic plates slide past each other
horizontally, the boundary between is called a
transform boundary.
• The San Andreas Fault in California is an example
of a transform boundary.
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Causes of Tectonic Plate Motion
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Possible Causes of Tectonic Plate Motion
• What causes the motion of tectonic plates? This
movement occurs because of changes in the density
within the asthenosphere.
• The following Visual Concept presentation
examines three possible driving forces of tectonic
plate motion.
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Section 3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Tracking Tectonic Plate Motion
• Tectonic plate movements are so slow and gradual
that you can’t see or feel them. The movement is
measured in centimeters per year.
• Scientists use a system of satellites called the
global positioning system (GPS) to measure the rate
of tectonic plate movement.
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Newton’s Second Law of Motion, continued
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Section 4 Deforming the Earth’s Crust
Bellringer
Compare the mountains in the photographs. Write a
description of each mountain, and suggest how it might
have formed.
Do you know where these various types of mountains
are found in the world? Have you ever visited any of
them? Would it ever be dangerous to study them?
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Section 4 Deforming the Earth’s Crust
Objectives
• Describe two types of stress that deform rocks.
• Describe three major types of folds.
• Explain the differences between the three major types
of faults.
• Identify the most common types of mountains.
• Explain the difference between uplift and subsidence.
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Deformation
• Whether a material bends or breaks depends on
the how much stress is applied to the material.
• Stress is the amount of force per unit area on a
given material.
• Different things happen to rock when different
types of stress are applied.
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Deformation, continued
• The process by which the shape of a rock changes
because of stress is called deformation.
• Rock layers bend when stress is placed on them.
• When enough stress is placed on rocks, they can
reach their elastic limit and break.
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Deformation, continued
• The type of stress that occurs when an object is
squeezed, such as when two tectonic plates collide,
is called compression.
• When compression occurs at a convergent
boundary, large mountain ranges can form.
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Deformation, continued
• Tension is stress that occurs when forces act to
stretch an object.
• Tension occurs at divergent plate boundaries, such
as mid-ocean ridges, when two tectonic plates pull
away from each other.
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Folding
• The bending of rock layers because of stress in the
Earth’s crust is called folding.
• Types of Folds Depending on how rock layers
deform, different types of folds are made.
• The major types of folds are anticlines, synclines,
and monoclines.
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Faulting
• Some rock layers break when stress is applied. The
surface along which rocks break and slide past each
other is called a fault.
• The blocks of crust on each side of the fault are
called fault blocks.
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Faulting, continued
• When a fault is not vertical, its two sides are either
a hanging wall or a footwall.
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Faulting, continued
• The type of fault depends on how the hanging wall
and footwall move in relationship to each other.
•When a normal
fault moves, it
causes the hanging
wall to move down
relative to the
footwall.
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Faulting, continued
• When a reverse fault moves, it causes the hanging
wall to move up relative to the footwall.
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Faulting, continued
• A third major type of fault is a strike-slip fault. These
faults form when opposing forces cause rock to
break and move horizontally.
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Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building
• When tectonic plates collide, land features that start
as folds and faults can eventually become large
mountain ranges.
• When tectonic plates undergo compressions or
tension, they can form mountains in several ways.
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Mountain Building, continued
• Folded Mountains form when rock layers are
squeezed together and pushed upward.
• Fault-Block Mountains form when large blocks of
the Earth’s crust drop down relative to other blocks.
• Volcanic Mountains form when magma rises to
the Earth’s surface and erupts.
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Uplift and Subsidence
• Vertical movements in the crust are divided into two
types—uplift and subsidence.
• Uplift is the rising of regions of the Earth’s crust to
higher elevations.
• Subsidence is the sinking of regions of the Earth’s
crust to lower elevations.
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Concept Map
Use the terms below to complete the concept map on
the next slide.
transform boundaries
converge
tectonic plates
diverge
divergent boundaries
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Read each of the passages. Then, answer the
questions that follow each passage.
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Passage 1 The Deep Sea Drilling Project was a
program to retrieve and research rocks below the
ocean to test the hypothesis of sea-floor spreading.
For 15 years, scientists studying sea-floor
spreading conducted research aboard the ship
Glomar Challenger. Holes were drilled in the sea
floor from the ship.
Continued on the next slide
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Passage 1, continued Long, cylindrical lengths of rock,
called cores, were obtained from the drill holes. By
examining fossils in the cores, scientists discovered
that rock closest to mid-ocean ridges was the youngest.
The farther from the ridge the holes were drilled, the
older the rock in the cores was. This evidence
supported the idea that sea-floor spreading creates
new lithosphere at mid-ocean ridges.
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1. In the passage, what does conducted mean?
A directed
B led
C carried on
D guided
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1. In the passage, what does conducted mean?
A directed
B led
C carried on
D guided
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2. Why were cores drilled in the sea floor from the
Glomar Challenger?
F to determine the depth of the crust
G to find minerals in the sea-floor rock
H to examine fossils in the sea-floor rock
I to find oil and gas in the sea-floor rock
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2. Why were cores drilled in the sea floor from the
Glomar Challenger?
F to determine the depth of the crust
G to find minerals in the sea-floor rock
H to examine fossils in the sea-floor rock
I to find oil and gas in the sea-floor rock
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3. Which of the following statements is a fact
according to the passage?
A Rock closest to mid-ocean ridges is older than rock
at a distance from mid-ocean ridges.
B One purpose of scientific research on the Glomar
Challenger was to gather evidence for sea-floor
spreading.
C Fossils examined by scientists came directly from
the sea floor.
D Evidence gathered by scientists did not support
sea-floor spreading.
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3. Which of the following statements is a fact
according to the passage?
A Rock closest to mid-ocean ridges is older than rock
at a distance from mid-ocean ridges.
B One purpose of scientific research on the Glomar
Challenger was to gather evidence for sea-floor
spreading.
C Fossils examined by scientists came directly from
the sea floor.
D Evidence gathered by scientists did not support seafloor spreading.
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Passage 2 The Himalayas are a range of mountains
that is 2,400 km long and that arcs across Pakistan,
India, Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. The Himalayas
are the highest mountains on Earth. Nine mountains,
including Mount Everest, the highest mountain on
Earth, are more than 8,000 m tall.
Continued on the next slide
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Passage 2, continued The formation of the Himalaya
Mountains began about 80 million years ago. A tectonic
plate carrying the Indian subcontinent collided with the
Eurasian plate. The Indian plate was driven beneath
the Eurasian plate. This collision caused the uplift of
the Eurasian plate and the formation of the Himalayas.
This process is continuing today.
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1. In the passage, what does the word arcs mean?
A forms a circle
B forms a plane
C forms a curve
D forms a straight line
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1. In the passage, what does the word arcs mean?
A forms a circle
B forms a plane
C forms a curve
D forms a straight line
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2. According to the passage, which geologic process
formed the Himalaya Mountains?
F divergence
G subsidence
H strike-slip faulting
I convergence
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2. According to the passage, which geologic process
formed the Himalaya Mountains?
F divergence
G subsidence
H strike-slip faulting
I convergence
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3. Which of the following statements is a fact
according to the passage?
A The nine tallest mountains on Earth are located
in the Himalaya Mountains.
B The Himalaya Mountains are located within six
countries.
C The Himalaya Mountains are the longest
mountain range on Earth.
D The Himalaya Mountains formed more than 80
million years ago.
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3. Which of the following statements is a fact
according to the passage?
A The nine tallest mountains on Earth are located in
the Himalaya Mountains.
B The Himalaya Mountains are located within six
countries.
C The Himalaya Mountains are the longest mountain
range on Earth.
D The Himalaya Mountains formed more than 80
million years ago.
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Interpreting Graphics
This illustration shows the
relative velocities (in centimeters
per year) and directions in which
tectonic plates are separating
and colliding. Arrows that point
away from one another indicate
plate separation. Arrows that
point toward one another indicate
plate collision.
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1. Between which two tectonic
plates does spreading appear to
be the fastest?
A the Australian and the Pacific
B the Antarctic and the Pacific
C the Nazca and the Pacific
D the Cocos and the Pacific
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1. Between which two tectonic
plates does spreading appear
to be the fastest?
A the Australian and the
Pacific
B the Antarctic and the Pacific
C the Nazca and the Pacific
D the Cocos and the Pacific
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2. Where do you think mountain
building is taking place?
F between the African and South
American plates
G between the Nazca and South
American plates
H between the North American
and Eurasian plates
I between the African and North
American plates
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2. Where do you think mountain
building is taking place?
F between the African and South
American plates
G between the Nazca and South
American plates
H between the North American
and Eurasian plates
I between the African and North
American plates
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Math
Read each question, and choose the best answer.
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1. The mesosphere is 2,550 km thick, and the
asthenosphere is 250 km thick. If you assume that the
lithosphere is 150 km thick and that the crust is 50 km
thick, how thick is the mantle?
A 2,950 km
B 2,900 km
C 2,800 km
D 2,550 km
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1. The mesosphere is 2,550 km thick, and the
asthenosphere is 250 km thick. If you assume that the
lithosphere is 150 km thick and that the crust is 50 km
thick, how thick is the mantle?
A 2,950 km
B 2,900 km
C 2,800 km
D 2,550 km
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2. If a seismic wave travels through the mantle at an
average velocity of 8 km/s, how many seconds will the
wave take to travel through the mantle?
F 318.75 s
G 350.0 s
H 362.5 s
I 368.75 s
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2. If a seismic wave travels through the mantle at an
average velocity of 8 km/s, how many seconds will the
wave take to travel through the mantle?
F 318.75 s
G 350.0 s
H 362.5 s
I 368.75 s
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3. If the crust in a certain area is subsiding at the rate of
2 cm per year and has an elevation of 1,000 m, what
elevation will the crust have in 10,000 years?
A 500 m
B 800 m
C 1,200 m
D 2,000 m
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3. If the crust in a certain area is subsiding at the rate of
2 cm per year and has an elevation of 1,000 m, what
elevation will the crust have in 10,000 years?
A 500 m
B 800 m
C 1,200 m
D 2,000 m
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4. A very small oceanic plate is located between a midocean ridge and a subduction zone. At the ridge, the
plate is growing at a rate of 5 km every 1 million years. At
the subduction zone, the plate is being destroyed at a
rate of 10 km every 1 million years. If the oceanic plate is
100 km across, how long will it take the plate to
disappear?
F 100 million years
G 50 million years
H 20 million years
I 5 million years
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4. A very small oceanic plate is located between a midocean ridge and a subduction zone. At the ridge, the
plate is growing at a rate of 5 km every 1 million years. At
the subduction zone, the plate is being destroyed at a
rate of 10 km every 1 million years. If the oceanic plate is
100 km across, how long will it take the plate to
disappear?
F 100 million years
G 50 million years
H 20 million years
I 5 million years
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Section 3 The Theory
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