II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being described by each statement Write SP for Slab Pull, RP for Ridge Push, and MC for Mantle Convection. (Tukuyin kung ano ang inilalarawan ng bawat pahayag. Isulat ang SP para sa Slab Pull, RP para sa Ridge Push, at MC para sa Mantle Convection sa patlang na bago ang bilang.) (5 points) 1. Newly formed plates at oceanic ridges are warm, and as a result have a higher elevation at the ridge than the colder, more thick plate, pushing the lithosphere away from the ridge. 2. At subduction zones, older, colder plates descend because they cool and become denser than the underlying mantle. 3. Warm mantle currents push and pull lithosphere plates along like a conveyor belt. 4. Because the plates with more of their edges subducted move faster, this is the primary driving factor for most plate movement. 5. At mid-ocean ridges, a postulated driving mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
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II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being described by each statement Write SP for Slab Pull, RP for Ridge Push, and MC
Answer:
1. RP
2. MC
3. SP
4. SP
5. RP