Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Which best explains why earthquakes sometimes occur in the same locations as mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Faults form because crust gets cracked when plates move apart along divergent plate boundaries.

Question 2

Study the image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

is a region where earthquakes occur

Question 3

Many more earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault in California than in other parts of the United States. Scientists claim that these earthquakes are caused by activity along a transform plate boundary.Which evidence would best support this claim?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Plates slip past each other at the boundary.

Question 4

Study the image about convection currents.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which statement explains the relationship between the density of a material and its movement in Earth’s interior?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Cooler materials are highly dense, causing them to sink to the outer core.

Question 6

Use the images to answer the question.Where would you most likely find transform boundaries on an earthquake distribution map?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

where earthquakes are shallow and powerful

Question 7

Which region of Earth did John Tuzo Wilson believe was broken into plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 8

Study the map.Which plate borders the Philippine Plate?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Eurasian

Question 9

Study the image of Earth’s interior.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

how convection currents move in Earth’s interior

Question 10

Study this image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A rift valley is forming.

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