SCI EARTH AND SPACE SEM 2 2025 - Section 1

Front

What type of plate boundary is responsible for the Himalaya Mountains?

Back

Continental-Continental convergent

Front

What type of boundary would you find tension stress?

Back

Divergent

Front

What type of plate boundary will create a Volcanic Island arc?

Back

oceanic-Oceanic convergent

Front

Which of the following can provide evidence for the location of a plate boundary? Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, All of the Above

Back

All of the Above

Front

The theory of plate tectonics helps explain the location of volcanoes and earthquakes. Which of these also describes the current theory of plate tectonics?

Back

It combines elements of continental drift and seafloor spreading; it suggests that the lithosphere is divided into pieces, called plates; denser ocean crust sinks below less-dense continental crust along subduction zones.

Front

According to the diagram, which of the following is a divergent boundary? The boundary between Nazca and South American plates, The boundary between the Pacific and Philippine plate, The boundary between the North American and African Plates, None of the above

Back

The boundary between the North American and African Plates

Front

According to the diagram, what type of boundary is between the Pacific plate and North American Plate?

Back

Strike slip

Front

Waves bend as the density of the substance it is passing through changes. Which of the following is false? The bending of seismic waves reveals the state of matter of each layer, Bending of seismic waves explains shadow zones, Seismic waves only bend when traveling through a liquid, A-C are false

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Seismic waves only bend when traveling through a liquid

Front

What does point A represent?

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Focus

Front

What does point C represent?

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Epicenter