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What is the deepest part of the ocean near?
What is the deepest part of the ocean near?
- A transform plate boundary
- A divergent plate boundary
- A convergent plate boundary (correct)
- An inactive plate boundary
What causes the creation of volcanoes near a subducting plate?
What causes the creation of volcanoes near a subducting plate?
- The cooling of magma
- Unknown reasons
- The melting of the subducting plate (correct)
- The friction between the plates
What is a rift valley?
What is a rift valley?
- A valley created by the collision of two tectonic plates
- A valley created by mantle material filling in the gap between two continents
- A valley created by the erosion of a mountain range
- A valley created by the pulling apart of continents without mantle material filling in the gap (correct)
What did Wegner's book 'The Origin of Oceans' suggest?
What did Wegner's book 'The Origin of Oceans' suggest?
What is the current theory about the formation of oceans?
What is the current theory about the formation of oceans?
What is being destroyed as new ocean floor is created?
What is being destroyed as new ocean floor is created?
Which ocean is getting bigger as a result of the movement of tectonic plates?
Which ocean is getting bigger as a result of the movement of tectonic plates?
What is the mid-atlantic ridge?
What is the mid-atlantic ridge?
What is the evidence for plate tectonics?
What is the evidence for plate tectonics?
What is the expected outcome of the movement of tectonic plates in the future?
What is the expected outcome of the movement of tectonic plates in the future?
Which type of smokers are created by hot water shooting out of the earth's surface?
Which type of smokers are created by hot water shooting out of the earth's surface?
What is the base of the food chain for the unique community of organisms that survive on the hot water shooting out of the earth's surface?
What is the base of the food chain for the unique community of organisms that survive on the hot water shooting out of the earth's surface?
What is unique about the way the organisms in the community that survives on the hot water shooting out of the earth's surface get their energy?
What is unique about the way the organisms in the community that survives on the hot water shooting out of the earth's surface get their energy?
What is the reason for the difference in the drawings of Pangaea?
What is the reason for the difference in the drawings of Pangaea?
What is the age difference between the Appalachian and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?
What is the age difference between the Appalachian and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?
What is the principal reason for the difference in the height of the Appalachian and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?
What is the principal reason for the difference in the height of the Appalachian and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?
What was the mistake made by Wegener in his drawing of Pangaea?
What was the mistake made by Wegener in his drawing of Pangaea?
What is the name of the video that talks about the origin of the Appalachians and the Sierras?
What is the name of the video that talks about the origin of the Appalachians and the Sierras?
What is the name of the volcano in the Andes mountains where scientists are studying the lava lake?
What is the name of the volcano in the Andes mountains where scientists are studying the lava lake?
What is the temperature of the water that gets in contact with the lava at the mid-ocean ridges?
What is the temperature of the water that gets in contact with the lava at the mid-ocean ridges?
What is the name of the structure that is created when magma becomes lava on the seafloor?
What is the name of the structure that is created when magma becomes lava on the seafloor?
What is the name of the boundary where oceanic and continental lithosphere meet and create subduction?
What is the name of the boundary where oceanic and continental lithosphere meet and create subduction?
What is the age of the oldest seafloor in the figure shown in the text?
What is the age of the oldest seafloor in the figure shown in the text?
What is the name of the mountain range to the east of the Cascades that is a remnant of the past?
What is the name of the mountain range to the east of the Cascades that is a remnant of the past?
What was the key evidence that led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics?
What was the key evidence that led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics?
Along the diverging plate boundary, what are the little slips that occur called?
Along the diverging plate boundary, what are the little slips that occur called?
What is the reason for the long linear lines along the mid-atlantic ridge?
What is the reason for the long linear lines along the mid-atlantic ridge?
Why are the transform faults named so?
Why are the transform faults named so?
What is the configuration of the North American plate and the Pacific plate currently?
What is the configuration of the North American plate and the Pacific plate currently?
Which direction is the Pacific Plate moving in relation to North America?
Which direction is the Pacific Plate moving in relation to North America?
What is the age of the oldest seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the age of the oldest seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean?
What is unique about a vector?
What is unique about a vector?
What is a divergent plate boundary?
What is a divergent plate boundary?
What is the mechanism behind plate tectonics?
What is the mechanism behind plate tectonics?
What makes Iceland unique among other islands located on top of the mid-Atlantic ridge?
What makes Iceland unique among other islands located on top of the mid-Atlantic ridge?
What did Alfred Wegener invent?
What did Alfred Wegener invent?
What is the difference between a mid-ocean ridge and a hot spot?
What is the difference between a mid-ocean ridge and a hot spot?
Which of the following best describes the 'Ring of Fire'?
Which of the following best describes the 'Ring of Fire'?
What is a 'right lateral strike slip fault'?
What is a 'right lateral strike slip fault'?
What is 'subduction' in the context of plate tectonics?
What is 'subduction' in the context of plate tectonics?
What is 'slab pull'?
What is 'slab pull'?
Which type of plate boundary is the San Andreas fault an example of?
Which type of plate boundary is the San Andreas fault an example of?
What is the name of the trench created in front of the island arc formed by oceanic-oceanic convergence?
What is the name of the trench created in front of the island arc formed by oceanic-oceanic convergence?
What is the modern-day example of continental-continental convergence?
What is the modern-day example of continental-continental convergence?
What is an accreted terrain?
What is an accreted terrain?
What is the fastest plate motion on the planet, and how much does it move per year?
What is the fastest plate motion on the planet, and how much does it move per year?
What is the piece of crust that includes Los Angeles basin, and which direction is it moving in?
What is the piece of crust that includes Los Angeles basin, and which direction is it moving in?
What influences how fast a plate moves, and why is the Pacific plate moving faster than others?
What influences how fast a plate moves, and why is the Pacific plate moving faster than others?
What causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions along the Pacific Ocean, and why are these regions prone to them?
What causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions along the Pacific Ocean, and why are these regions prone to them?
