Which layer of Earth is best characterized as a layer of soft, hot rock?(1 point)

Question

Responses

inner core
inner core

outer core
outer core

crust
crust

mantle

Answer 1

mantle

Answer 2

What happens at a convergent plate boundary?(1 point)
Responses

Earth’s rock plates slide past each other
Earth’s rock plates slide past each other

Earth's rock plates pull away from each other
Earth's rock plates pull away from each other

Earth’s rock plates grow denser
Earth’s rock plates grow denser

Earth’s rock plates collide with one another
Earth’s rock plates collide with one another

Answer 3

Earth’s rock plates collide with one another

Answer 4

Which statement best explains the process of subduction?(1 point)
Responses

Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.
Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.

A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.
A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.

An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.
An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.

One plates slides past another plate horizontally.

Answer 5

A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.