Plate Tectonics Answers

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?

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Which statement describes the process of subduction?

Which describes the boundary where earthquake activity occurs along rift valleys?

In which two places do divergent boundaries occur?

Study this image.

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

Occasionally earthquakes occur as a result of collisions along oceanic-continental convergent boundaries. Where do these earthquakes most likely occur?

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?

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