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The title "Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes" indicates a topic that explores the relationship between the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates and the occurrence of earthquakes. It suggests a focus on how the forces associated with plate motion—such as compression, tension, and shearing—generate the stresses that lead to seismic activity. The title implies a discussion of the mechanisms behind earthquakes, the locations where they are most likely to occur, and potentially the different types of earthquakes and their associated magnitudes.
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The maps on the right illustrate the major features on the ocean floor (the mid-ocean ridge and trenches), and the global distributions of earthquakes and volcanoes.
In the top figure on the right, the ocean “spreading centers” (the mid-ocean ridge) are indicated with solid bold lines while the trenches are represented by bold triangles.
a. The Himalayas b. The Ring of Fire c. East Pacific Rise d. Hot spot
There are three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent and transform. These plate boundaries explain the distribution of the major features (landforms) of the ocean floor (rift valley, new ocean floor, ocean ridge, volcanic island arc, continental volcanic arc, trench, fault, fracture zone) major internal processes (earthquakes, volcanoes) and the mountain ranges on the continents (such as the Himalayas).
A. Divergent Plate Boundary
13 Two features (landforms) formed at the oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary are a. rift valley and trench b. ocean ridges and volcanic arcs c. trench and continental arc d. island arc and trench
C. Transform Plate Boundary
Hot spots are not located at a plate boundary but are areas where volcanic eruption occurs on the plate as the result of the interaction between the moving plate and a stationary source of magma (mantle plume).