Maurice Ewing conduction This scientist was part of the team that radiation discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. refraction Robert Dietz Oceanic back arc basins form near what Alfred Wegener process? Keith Runcorn Island Arc subduction Maurice Ewing Cordilleran subduction How many major tectonic plates are Collision orogeny generally recognized? Transform boundaries 5-6 Rocks release _______ and become 7-8 ______ when they subduct. 9-10 serpentines 11-12 carbon dioxide; schist Mid-Ocean ridges form primarily at sulfur; azurite which type of plate boundary? water; olivines Transform Which of the following are most likely Convergent to form large thrust faults? Divergent Subduction Triple Junction Divergent ridges Which of the following is a common Continent-continent collisions cause of continental rifting? Hot spots Collision orogeny Continental plates are usually _____ Subduction than oceanic plates. Obduction thinner Hot thicker What process is occurring in 1? What tectonic process is forming the Crustal formation mountains in 2? Lateral shear Continent-continent collision Forearc spreading Island arc subduction Subduction Transform fault shearing Why does the scale in image 1 end at Oceanic-oceanic subduction 100km? What two plates are colliding to The is 100 km deep form the mountains in image 2? Measuring instruments cannot Eurasian and North American see any deeper. South American and African Rock melts below this point African and Nazca Rocks dehydrate below this African and Eurasian point, so it becomes Earthquakes along which fault formed tectonically irrelevant. the Aleutian Islands? The asthenosphere primarily transfers Dead Sea Transform energy ________. San Andreas Fault convection Alpine Fault
Maurice Ewing This scientist was part of the team that discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Robert Dietz Alfred Wegener Keith Runcorn Maurice Ewing How many major tectonic plates are generally recognized? 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 Mid-Ocean ridges form primarily at which type of plate boundary? Transform Convergent Divergent Triple Junction Which of the following is a common cause of continental rifting? Collision orogeny Subduction Obduction Hot What process is occurring in 1? Crustal formation Lateral shear Forearc spreading Subduction Why does the scale in image 1 end at 100km? The is 100 km deep Measuring instruments cannot see any deeper. Rock melts below this point Rocks dehydrate below this point, so it becomes tectonically irrelevant. The asthenosphere primarily transfers energy ________. convection conduction radiation refraction Oceanic back arc basins form near what process? Island Arc subduction Cordilleran subduction Collision orogeny Transform boundaries Rocks release _______ and become ______ when they subduct. serpentines carbon dioxide; schist sulfur; azurite water; olivines Which of the following are most likely to form large thrust faults? Subduction Divergent ridges Continent-continent collisions Hot spots Continental plates are usually _____ than oceanic plates. thinner thicker What tectonic process is forming the mountains in 2? Continent-continent collision Island arc subduction Transform fault shearing Oceanic-oceanic subduction What two plates are colliding to form the mountains in image 2? Eurasian and North American South American and African African and Nazca African and Eurasian Earthquakes along which fault formed the Aleutian Islands? Dead Sea Transform San Andreas Fault Alpine Fault