What causes tectonic plates to move along the asthenosphere?

• Mantle Convection

• rotation of earth

• earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• weathering

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An earthquake has just occurred. Seismic waves from the earthquake are detected at two recording stations. At Recording Station A, Δt=58s. At Recording Station B, Δt=120s. Which recording station is farther away from the epicenter?

• Station B is farther from the epicenter than station A.

• Station A is farther from the epicenter than station B.

• Stations A and B are the same distance from the epicenter.

• There is not enough information to determine.

• Neither Stations are within range of the epicenter.

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Which of the following is/are evidence for Alfred Wegner's hypothesis on continental drift?

• continents fit like a puzzle piece, fossil evidence, magnetism

• fossil evidence, glacial evidence, earthquakes

• continents fit like a puzzle piece, fossil evidence, climate evidence

• rock evidence, glacial evidence, magnetism

• age of ocean rocks, continents fit like a puzzle piece, fossil evidence

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What is the relationship between mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes?

• All three are millions of years old

• All three are natural disasters

• All three are formed from the rotation of the earth

• All three are formed mainly along plate boundaries

• There is no relationship between mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes

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Which of the following is an example of a divergent boundary

• Hawaiian islands

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Mariana Trench

• The Himalayan Mountains

• Mt. Everest

In ocean to continent collision, which plate will subduct, oceanic plate or continental plate, and why?

• continental plate because it's more dense

• oceanic plate because it's less dense

• continental plate because it's heavier

• oceanic plate because it's more dense

• oceanic plate because it's thinner

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Earthquakes occur due to 

• stress build up at fault lines

• the rotation of the earth

• magma rising from the asthenosphere and breaking through the crust

• tsunamis

• Coriolis effect

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The islands of Hawaii are created from

• an ocean-continent subduction

• an ocean-ocean subduction

• a hot spot

• a continent-continent collision

• mid-ocean ridge

Which type of plate boundary or zone would be most likely to lead to above-ground volcanic activity?

• divergent boundary

• convergent continent-continent collision zone

• transform zone

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

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The Himalayas are created because 

• the Indian plate is colliding with the Asian plate

• the Indian plate is subducting beneath the Asian plate

• the Asian plate is subducting beneath the Indian plate

• the Indian and Asian plates are separating

• the Indian plate is sliding past the Asian plate

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