Plate Boundaries — Quiz Answers

Match each station to the description that best fits its data.

Crustal deformation is often determined by combining uplift and compression data. Which station is located where the crust has undergone the greatest overall deformation?

Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the statement. The crust is [Dropdown 1] compressed near the collision zone, indicated by the fact that seismic activity [Dropdown 2] as distance increases. One would expect [Dropdown 3] deformation at distances over 300 kilometers away.

Assume that the researchers placed a sensor located 250 miles from the collision zone. Approximately how many aftershocks would the sensor likely record in a year?

Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the statement. Site [Dropdown 1] has the thickest crust and the highest uplift rate, which suggests intense [Dropdown 2] due to plate collisions. As one moves away from the collision zone, both crustal thickness and tectonic activity [Dropdown 3] .

Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the statement. Site [Dropdown 1] experiences frequent earthquakes with little vertical motion, suggesting a [Dropdown 2] boundary with [Dropdown 3] .

Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu to complete the statement. Site [Dropdown 1] is most likely near a convergent boundary because it has the [Dropdown 2] vertical motion and [Dropdown 3] horizontal stress, suggesting active [Dropdown 4] .