Question

Summarize the process of plate tectonics, using the following terms fill in the blanks:

convection - continents - mantle - plate - density



___________ currents take place in the _________ and result when ______ dense
material rises closer to the crust and dense material sinks back into the ____. As the _____ dense material rises, it causes plate tectonic.

Answer 1

Convection currents take place in the mantle and result when less dense material rises closer to the crust and dense material sinks back into the mantle. As the less dense material rises, it causes plate tectonics.

plate movements :

collide making mountains

pull apart making volcanoes

slide past each other making earthquakes

analogy :

plate tectonics is like

a raft floating on water

plates are like rafts

raft moves on water

convection currents in the mantle are like water

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