Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes tend to occur?

The boundaries between continents and oceans

What is a deep ocean trench?

A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean

Patterns of magnetic strips along the boundaries of tectonic plates

What are mountain ranges?

Long chains or groups of mountains

What is a surface feature?

Distinctive part or characteristic of Earth's outer layer

Which of the following can be concluded about an area with many volcanoes and earthquakes?

The edges of the tectonic plates are in this area

What is an earthquake?

A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface

Mountains or hills made by hot rocks and gases from inside Earth

A drawing or picure that shows important features of an area

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1
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes tend to occur?
Groups of islands farthest from the continents
The middle regions of large continents
The steep slopes of the oldest mountains
The boundaries between continents and oceans
2
What movement is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
3
What is a deep ocean trench?
A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
Distinctive part or characteristic of Earth's outer layer
A large, continuous land mass
4
What is shown here?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Ring of Fire
Earthquakes
5
What are bands?
Patterns of magnetic strips along the boundaries of tectonic plates
Mountains or hills made by hot rocks and gases from inside Earth
A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
6
What can best be used to identify patterns of Earth's features?
Information from people who visited an area
Watching the nightly news
Listening to weather forecasts
Data from maps
7
What are mountain ranges?
A large, continuous land mass
A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
Long chains or groups of mountains
8
The plate tectonic theory explains the current movement of rocks at Earth's ... ?
Oceans
Mantle
Core
Crust
9
What is a surface feature?
Patterns of magnetic strips along the boundaries of tectonic plates
A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface
Distinctive part or characteristic of Earth's outer layer
10
Which of the following can be concluded about an area with many volcanoes and earthquakes?
There are no tectonic plates where earthquakes and volcanoes are
The edges of the tectonic plates are in this area
The tectonic plates must be the thickest in this area
This is the center of a tectonic plate
11
What is an earthquake?
A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface
A drawing or picture that shows important features of an area
A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
12
What movement is this?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
13
What are volcanoes?
Mountains or hills made by hot rocks and gases from inside Earth
Distinctive part or characteristic of Earth's outer layer
Long chains or groups of mountains
14
What is a map?
Long chains or groups of mountains
A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface
A drawing or picure that shows important features of an area
15
What movement is this?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
16
What is a continent?
A drawing or picture that shows important features of an area
Long chains or groups of mountains
A large, continuous land mass

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