Plate Tectonics Answers

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

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Where is a divergent boundary most likely to be found?

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

Which statement describes transform boundaries?

Study the image of Earth’s interior.

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?

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

Study the map.Which plate borders the Philippine Plate?

Which statement describes John Tuzo Wilson’s contribution to the theory of plate tectonics?