Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Which statement describes the process of subduction?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A plate slides beneath another plate due to convection currents and gravity.

Question 2

In which two places do divergent boundaries occur?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

land and oceans

Question 3

Into which layer of the Earth do plate boundaries extend?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 4

Study this map of the world.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian

Question 5

Study the image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

is a region where earthquakes occur

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

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

island chain

Question 8

Study this image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A rift valley is forming.

Question 9

Sometimes earthquakes occur at a boundary between the Indian and Eurasian Plates. The collisions of these two continental plates formed the Himalayan mountain range.Based on this information, which type of boundary exists between the Indian and Eurasian Plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continental-continental convergent

Question 10

Use the earthquake distribution map and what you know about boundaries to answer the question.Studies have shown that there is a relationship between the type and location of boundaries and the distribution and depth of earthquakes along or near these boundaries. Many earthquakes, shown in the map as wide bands, occur along convergent areas. These areas experience varying depths of earthquakes.Where would oceanic-oceanic convergence most likely occur?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Philippine plate converging with the Pacific plate, forming Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean

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