The two correct answers are:
1. Plates move as new rock forms, which causes magnetic direction to skew away from normal.
2. Magma acquires the magnetic direction present on Earth when it hardens into rock.
Identify the factors that cause magnetic stripes to form along the ocean floor. Select the two correct answers.(1 point)
Responses
Plates move as new rock forms, which causes magnetic direction to skew away from normal.
Plates move as new rock forms, which causes magnetic direction to skew away from normal.
Magma acquires the magnetic direction present on Earth when it hardens into rock
Magma acquires the magnetic direction present on Earth when it hardens into rock
Rock forming at the oceanic ridge pushes older rock outward in both directions.
Rock forming at the oceanic ridge pushes older rock outward in both directions.
Magnetic direction of rock changes as Earth’s magnetic poles drift.
3 answers
What can scientists learn from magnetic striping patterns? Select the three correct answers.(2 points)
Responses
the direction plates are moving relative to each other
the direction plates are moving relative to each other
the cause of magnetic pole reversals
the cause of magnetic pole reversals
the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast
the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast
the year the next magnetic reversal will take place
the year the next magnetic reversal will take place
the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate
the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate
the location of ancient faults caused by seismic activity.
Responses
the direction plates are moving relative to each other
the direction plates are moving relative to each other
the cause of magnetic pole reversals
the cause of magnetic pole reversals
the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast
the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast
the year the next magnetic reversal will take place
the year the next magnetic reversal will take place
the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate
the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate
the location of ancient faults caused by seismic activity.
The three correct answers are:
1. The direction plates are moving relative to each other.
2. The cause of magnetic pole reversals.
3. The speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate.
1. The direction plates are moving relative to each other.
2. The cause of magnetic pole reversals.
3. The speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate.
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