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Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle

A) Likely
B) Unlikely

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Which of the following statements is true?

A) Earthquakes are more widespread than volcanoes or high mountains.
B) High mountains are more widespread than volcanoes or earthquakes.
C) Volcanoes are more widespread than earthquakes or high mountains.

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Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

On this map,identify which letter is over the Pacific Ocean.

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

This figure shows plate boundaries south of Alaska.Which location is likely to contain volcanoes above a subduction zone?

Which feature on this figure is formed by melting of mantle above the slab?

What type of plate boundary is depicted in this figure?

The continental edge between locations 4 and 5 is probably:

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

What causes magnetic stripes on the seafloor,such as those shown here?

Mid-ocean ridges are higher than surrounding oceanic crust primarily because:

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red triangle

Which location on this figure from the Investigation is located on the abyssal plain?

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

Which location on this figure from the Investigation is most likely to have volcanoes formed above a subduction zone?

Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red circle.

Which of the following best represents the sequence by which a continent splits apart?

On this map of the South Atlantic,which letter is on a site of seafloor spreading?

What ideas brought a renewed interest to the idea of continental drift?