When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate, the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust. What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on top of the oceanic crust?

Which evidence causes most scientists to believe that sea

floor spreading occurs at the mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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of Iceland, a country located on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge. Four locations are represented by the letters A through D. The youngest bedrock is most likely found at which location

According to tectonic plate maps, New York State is presently

located

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diagram, which shows a tectonic plate boundary. Which tectonic plate boundary is best represented by this

diagram?

Sea floor spreading is occurring at the boundary between the

The cross section shows the location of earthquakes near a plate boundary. This distribution of earthquakes near the plate boundary is most likely caused by

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below, which shows the depths of selected earthquakes along the crustal plate boundary near the west coast of South America. Letters A, B, C, and D are epicenter locations along a west-to-east line at the surface. The relative depth of each earthquake is indicated. The earthquake beneath epicenter D occurred in which part of

Earth's interior?