How are mountain building, volcanoes and earthquakes related?

mostly occur at plate boundaries and come from plate motions

What is the cause of sea-floor spreading?

flow of magma from the mantle through cracks in Earth's crus

Where are you most likely to see a volcano?

oceanic crust subducts with contintental crust

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1
How are mountain building, volcanoes and earthquakes related?
mostly occur at plate boundaries and come from plate motions
mostly occur in oceans and change the sea floor
occur mostly at plate boundaries and happen from eruptions
mostly occur in the oceans and center of plates.
2
This set of arrows represents what kind of boundary?
convergent
transform
divergent
3
This set of arrows represents what kind of boundary?
divergent
transform
convergent
4
Process where plates move apart.
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
stationary boundary
5
What causes tectonic plates to move?
conduction in inner core
conduction in the mantle
convection in the inner core
convection in the mantle
6
What are 2 possible outcomes of a divergent boundary?
rift valley & mid ocean ridge
mountain building & subduction
deep ocean trench & earthquake
volcanoes & seamounts
7
This set of arrows represents what kind of boundary?
transform
convergent
divergent
8
What is the cause of sea-floor spreading?
plate of dense oceanic crust sinks below continental
flow of magma from the mantle through cracks in Earth's crus
ocean floor sedimentation
9
What is a result of motion of materials caused by high temps in Earth's mantle?
ocean tides
earthquakes & volcanoes
erosion and deposition
radioactive atoms in minerals
10
Where are you most likely to see a volcano?
two continental crusts collide
oceanic crust diverges with continental crust
two oceanic crusts collide
oceanic crust subducts with contintental crust
11
What type of boundary builds mountains?
convergent
divergent
transform
12
What was the last piece of evidence of the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
fern fossils in the Arctic
sea floor spreading
matching rock layers across continents
continents fit like puzzles
13
Process when plates collide is called?
divergent boundary
transform boundary
convergent boundary
ridge push
14
The Hawaiian Islands are located on a...
normal fault
hot spot
subduction zone
convergent boundary
15
What is the area between two DIVERGING plates called?
transform boundary
subduction zone
rift valley
ocean trench

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