Exercise
Plate Boundaries and Seismic Activity
Investigate how different types of plate boundaries influence the frequency and nature of seismic activity.
Questions
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What are the three main types of tectonic plate boundaries?
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Which boundary occurs where two tectonic plates move apart from each other?
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Which boundary occurs where two tectonic plates collide or move toward each other?
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Which boundary occurs where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?
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What process occurs when one dense oceanic plate slides beneath a lighter plate?
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At which plate setting do the strongest earthquakes in recorded history occur?
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What name is given to massive earthquakes produced at subduction zones?
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Which feature is created by a divergent boundary under the ocean?
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What are earthquakes called when they happen far away from plate boundaries inside a plate?
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What geographic feature forms when two continental plates collide?
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Why does oceanic crust sink below continental crust at a subduction zone?
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What planar zone of seismicity corresponds to the down-going subducting plate?