Plate Tectonics Answers

Many earthquakes occur near mid-ocean ridges but do not destroy or form new crust. Instead, plates slip past each other. Which kind of boundary is found at these earthquake locations?

Which statement describes transform boundaries?

In which two places do divergent boundaries occur?

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Study this image.

During the process of mountain building, earthquakes sometimes occur along continental-continental convergent boundaries. Which statement best describes the motion of the plates along these boundaries that causes the earthquakes?

Study the image of Earth’s interior.

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

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

Where is a divergent boundary most likely to be found?