The continental drift hypotheses was rejected A) Find geologic similarities on d

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The continental drift hypotheses was rejected A) Find geologic similarities on different B) Identify a mechanism capable of moving continents C) Disprove competing theories that were more accepted by scientists D) All of the above Magnetic patterns associated with mid- ocean are configured as ___. magnetic strips roughly parallel to the ridge axis reversed magnitude strips roughly perpendicular to the ridge axis circles about a rising plume of hot, mantel rocks and magma Reversed magnetizations along the rift valleys and normal magnetizations along the ridge axis New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at ___. A) Convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and instructions of rhyolitic magma B) Convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and instructions of basaltic magma C) Divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of rhyolitic magma D) Divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of basaltic magma Coder, older oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at ___. A) Subduction zones alone convergent plate boundaries B) Transform fault zones alone divergent plate boundaries C) Rift zones alone mid- ocean rides D) Sites of long- lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins

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Q.42. New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at divergent boundries by submarine eruptions and basaltic magma. (option D)

Q.43. Cooler and older oceanic ridge sinks into the mantle at subduction zones along convergent plate boundries. (option A)

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