Exam 1

Question 1

What is NOT One of the basic observations that the plate tectonic model is based on?

Answer 1

The basic unit is called it a continent, as in a Continental drift

Question 2

Two plates going towards one another

Answer 2

Convergent

Question 3

A trench is an example of an ______ boundry

Answer 3

Convergent

Question 4

Two plates going away from one another

Answer 4

Divergent

Question 5

Two plates of going past one another

Answer 5

Transform

Question 6

They made ocean ridge is an example of an ________ boundry

Answer 6

Divergent

Question 7

New oceanic crust is made at _____ boundaries and destroyed at ______ boundaries

Answer 7

Divergent, convergent

Question 8

The “ring of fire” Is associated with which oceanic basin

Answer 8

The Pacific

Question 9

The modern Himalayas or an example of a _______ Continental crust

Answer 9

Convergence

Question 10

Which type of plate boundary or tsunami is most likely to form

Answer 10

Convergent

Question 11

In area along an active plate boundary that is at high risk for a large earthquake because it has not experienced one in a long time is called a

Answer 11

Seismic gap

Question 12

Continental crust that is under the ocean it at this moment in geologic time is called the

Answer 12

Continental shelf

Question 13

Earthquakes in an oceanic continental convergent boundary get gradually

Answer 13

Deeper from the boundary into the continental plate

Question 14

Kamchatka And Japan are both examples of a

Answer 14

Continental arc

Question 15

The Aleutian Islands are an example of

Answer 15

Island arc

Question 16

Volcanoes may be found in which three areas

Answer 16

Japan, Kuril Island, and Kamchatka

Question 17

Relative to Japan it, the Pacific ocean is moving

Answer 17

West

Question 18

Relative to the Pacific Ocean, Kamchatka is moving

Answer 18

South east

Question 19

What feature marks the boundary between the Aleutian island and the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 19

Trench