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Which of these is not a fault associated with transform boundaries: transform fault, normal dip-slip fault, reverse dip-slip fault, or forward dip-slip fault.
forward dip-slip fault
100
Name three things that occur due to plate tectonics?
Volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes, cliffs, tsunami
100
Why did people not believe Wegner's hypothesis?
They could not provide a way for the continents to move.
100
A transform boundary is a zone where plates slide horizontally past each other.
True
100
What are two negative things that can occur as a result of plate tectonics?
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
200
What geographical feature is associated with transform faults?
Cliffs
200
What is something that is caused from earthquakes?
Tsunamis
200
What is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range lf observations?
Scientific theory.
200
Most transform boundaries are above Earth's surface.
False, underwater
200
From earthquakes, another disaster may come. What is the name of this occurance that can be traced back to plate tectonics?
Tsunamis
300
Which type of fault is where the plates move horizon?
Transform fault
300
Segments that actively ________ cause frequenct minor earthquakes?
"Creep" or slowly move past each other
300
Who proposed the idea of sea-floor spreading?
Harry Hess
300
The San-Andraes fault is a strike-slip fault.
False, transform fault
300
What is one benefit of volcanic eruptions that are caused by plate tectonics?
Fertile soil, geothermal energy
400
Pull apart, sinks
A normal dip-slip fault is where the rocks ________ and one plate ________.
400
Active above-sea volcanoes from where _________ occurs.
Subduction
400
What is broken into seperate sections called plates?
Lithosphere
400
On the San-Andraes fault, the focus is extremely deep.
False,
400
Where can most of the metallic minerals be found in the world?
Beneath unactive volcanoes
500
A reverse dip-slip fault is where the rocks ________ and one plate _________.
are pushed together, rises
500
The depth of an earthquake depends on what?
The depth of the focus.
500
The magnetic field is caused by the flow of liquid iron in the ___________.
Outer core.
500
The two main sources of heat inside the Earth are residual decay and radioactive heat.
False, radioactive decay and residual heat.
500
What is a benefit of mountains being formed by the process of plate tectonics? How did this happen?
Fossil fuels are stoned in the mountains; as they form, the fossil fuels are trapped in gas pockets