EAPS 111 Lecture Quizzes 79 Review | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified

Convection in the Earth's mantle is related to? - ️️-Spreading at MORs. -Convergence at subduction zones. -Rifting of Continental crust. Based on this image what is going on near the grey where the rock is colder? - ️️The rock is denser and sinks What process is being represented by this figure and what is happening to the continental crust ? - ️️-Rifting and upwelling in the mantle below this region which is causing the plate to extend -Rifting, driven in part by subduction near the edges of the plate In order for convection to occur the deep parts of the Earth must be - ️️Hotter than the shallow parts Which type of plate boundary is associated with mountain belts - ️️Convergent Which type of Seismic energy travels through the Earth and has particle motion perpendicular the the direction of propagation? - ️️S waves The magnitude and intensity of earthquakes are - ️️Are different in that the intensity can change depending where you are for given event Based on this figure from Lecture 4: what do the deep earthquake locations correlate with? - ️️Subducting slabs