EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
Question
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seafloor spreading provides evidence of which of the following earth processes?
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erosion of coastlines
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weathering of mountains
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movements of tectonic plates
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formation of sedimentary rock
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Seafloor spreading and other tectonic activity processes are the result of mantle convection. Mantle convection is the slow, churning motion of Earth’s mantle. Convection currents carry heat from the lower mantle and core to the lithosphere .
Detailed explanation-2: -Seismic studies. More proof for sea floor spreading comes from seismic studies indicating that earthquakes occur along the rift valley of a midoceanic ridge and the cross‐cutting fractures that offset it.
Detailed explanation-3: -What three types of evidence provided support for the theory of sea floor spreading? eruptions of molten material, magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor, and the ages of the rocks themselves.
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