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    1. Seafloor spreading supports continental drift by creating new ocean floor as magma cools and is pushed away from mid-ocean ridges. This spreading causes the continents to migrate or drift apart over time. 2. The asthenosphere allows movement of tectonic plates by being kept malleable from heat within Earth, lubricating the undersides of plates and allowing convection currents to push magma upward and create new crust. 3. Rock deformation is affected by the type of rock, the rate of strain, and the pressure and temperature, with higher temperatures and pressure leading to more ductile or plastic deformation.

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    1. Seafloor spreading supports continental drift by creating new ocean floor as magma cools and is pushed away from mid-ocean ridges. This spreading causes the continents to migrate or drift apart over time. 2. The asthenosphere allows movement of tectonic plates by being kept malleable from heat within Earth, lubricating the undersides of plates and allowing convection currents to push magma upward and create new crust. 3. Rock deformation is affected by the type of rock, the rate of strain, and the pressure and temperature, with higher temperatures and pressure leading to more ductile or plastic deformation.

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    1. Seafloor spreading supports continental drift by creating new ocean floor as magma cools and is pushed away from mid-ocean ridges. This spreading causes the continents to migrate or drift apart over time. 2. The asthenosphere allows movement of tectonic plates by being kept malleable from heat within Earth, lubricating the undersides of plates and allowing convection currents to push magma upward and create new crust. 3. Rock deformation is affected by the type of rock, the rate of strain, and the pressure and temperature, with higher temperatures and pressure leading to more ductile or plastic deformation.

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    1. Seafloor spreading supports continental drift by creating new ocean floor as magma cools and is pushed away from mid-ocean ridges. This spreading causes the continents to migrate or drift apart over time. 2. The asthenosphere allows movement of tectonic plates by being kept malleable from heat within Earth, lubricating the undersides of plates and allowing convection currents to push magma upward and create new crust. 3. Rock deformation is affected by the type of rock, the rate of strain, and the pressure and temperature, with higher temperatures and pressure leading to more ductile or plastic deformation.

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    Task Sheet # 5

    1.How does seafloor spreading support continental drift?


    As the magma cools, it is pushed away from the flanks of the ridges. This spreading creates a
    successively younger ocean floor, and the flow of material is thought to bring about the
    migration, or drifting apart, of the continents.

    2.What are the properties of the asthenosphere that allow the


    movement of the lithosphere?
    Heat from deep within Earth is thought to keep the asthenosphere malleable, lubricating the
    undersides of Earth's tectonic plates and allowing them to move. Convection currents
    generated within the asthenosphere push magma upward through volcanic vents and spreading
    centres to create new crust.
    3.How do different factors affect rock deformation?
    One is the type of rock which is experiencing the change. Then there is the rate of strain and
    finally the pressure and temperature. For example, ductile deformation happens due to higher
    temperatures and pressure. This is why rocks near the surface of the earth are more ductile.
    4.How does stress affect rock?
    Rock can respond to stress in three ways: it can deform elastically, it can deform plastically, and
    it can break or fracture. Elastic strain is reversible; if the stress is removed, the rock will return
    to its original shape just like a rubber band that is stretched and released. Plastic strain is not
    reversible.
    5.How does seafloor spreading contribute to the crust?
    Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent plate boundaries. As tectonic plates slowly move away
    from each other, heat from the mantle's convection currents makes the crust more plastic and
    less dense. The less-dense material rises, often forming a mountain or elevated area of the
    seafloor. Eventually, the crust
    6.How does this hypothesis complement the continental drift
    hypothesis?
    Wegener used fossil evidence to support his continental drift hypothesis. The fossils of these
    organisms are found on lands that are now far apart. Grooves and rock deposits left by ancient
    glaciers are found today on different continents very close to the equator.

    7.Why are convergent boundaries also known as destructive


    margins?
    A convergent plate boundary also known as a destructive plate boundary , usually involves an
    oceanic plate and a continental plate. The plates move towards one another and this movement
    can cause earthquakes and volcanoes. As the plates collide, the oceanic plate is forced beneath
    the continental plate.
    8. Why are transform boundaries also known as conservative
    margins?
    Transform boundaries are also known as conservative plate boundaries because they involve no
    addition or loss of lithosphere at the Earth's surface.

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