Plate Tectonics Answers

Study the image of Earth’s interior.

Where is a divergent boundary most likely to be found?

Study the image about convection currents.

Study this map of the world.

Study the image.

Study the map.Which plate borders the Philippine Plate?

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

Study this image.

Which statement describes the process of subduction?

Sometimes earthquakes occur at a boundary between the Indian and Eurasian Plates. The collisions of these two continental plates formed the Himalayan mountain range.Based on this information, which type of boundary exists between the Indian and Eurasian Plates?

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

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

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?

Use the images to answer the question.Where would you most likely find transform boundaries on an earthquake distribution map?

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

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

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?

Into which layer of the Earth do plate boundaries extend?

Study the image of a plate boundary.