Exam 3: Plate Tectonics

The majority of transform boundaries are found:

Which of the following best explains the relationship between driving and resisting forces with respect to plate tectonics?

Slab pull refers to:

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

Which data were used to develop the hypothesis of continental drift?

The boundary between two plates may not have the same characteristics in different geographic locations because of:

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

The Tibetan and Himalaya Plateaus are the result of:

On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 4?

On the accompanying figure, which letter is over the oldest oceanic crust?

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

This diagram shows magnetic stripes on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. How many times did the magnetic field change polarity to form all of the stripes shown here?

On this figure of a continental collision, which continent would have had subduction-related magmatism before the collision?

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

The Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by:

Which feature on this figure is formed by bending of the subducted plate?

The regions of the ocean characterized by smooth ocean floor are called:

Magnetic patterns develop on the seafloor as basaltic lava erupts and cools, and:

Which of the following is NOT happening in the area shown by this figure?

On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on a transform fault?