Geology Questions

_____ plates are located along crests of ocean ridges

Seismic waves radiate in which direction from the hypocenter?

Many transform plate boundary events occur in the _____ crust, few occur in the _____ crust.

When occurring on land, divergent plates can also create a _____ _____

The ocean crust is relatively _____

The _____ responds to forces by flowing, and is part of the upper mantle

A theory proposed in 1915 by Alfred Wegener before the theory of plate tectonics.

Transform plate boundaries are plates that _____ without production or destruction of the _____

The _____ plates are in _____ motion with respect to each other

The lithosphere and _____ are effectively detached because of their differences in _____

Some earthquakes occur in _____ plate boundaries

Convergent plates can produce _____ on continent

Divergent plates can create _____ valleys

Specific theory that large scale crustal deformation results form movement of lithospheric plates

The lithosphere is broken into different sections called _____

The _____ layers respond to forces by bending and breaking/fracturing

divergent plate boundaries are plates that _____ and have a _____ margin

The ______ is the soft, weak, warm "plastic" layer below the crust, and part of upper mantle.

The _____ is a layer of the Earth that is composed of an iron-nickel alloy

The _____ and the _____ are the layers of the Earth that are mostly made out of silicates