Plate Tectonics

Question 1

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 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 3

Which statement describes transform boundaries?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Faults form in the lithosphere.

Question 4

Study the image of Earth’s interior.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

how convection currents move in Earth’s interior

Question 5

Study this map of the world.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian

Question 6

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

island chain

Question 7

Into which layer of the Earth do plate boundaries extend?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 8

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

Question 9

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 10

Study the map.Which plate borders the Philippine Plate?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Eurasian

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