Lithospheric Plates Move in Response to

question 54

Multiple Choice

Lithospheric plates move in response to

• A)convection in Earth's interior.
• B)upper mantle convection cells.
• C)gravity and heat flow in the mantle.
• D)convection cells generated by gravity and heat flow in the mantle.

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Positive Differences

The result obtained when subtracting a smaller number from a larger number in each pair of a data set.

Negative Differences

Refers to the results obtained when subtracting a number from another number that is smaller, resulting in a negative value.

Significance Level

A threshold within statistical hypothesis testing that measures the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, typically denoted by alpha (α).

Location

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