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- Use the sketches below to answer the questions that follow. In the sketches below, which of type of plate boundaries produce the deepest earthquakes?Consider the following sketches below. Explain how scientists use seismic data to learn about the geologic activity and happenings in the Earth’s interior as shown in the sketches below.Plate tectonics can contribute to a. volcanoes and earthquakes. b. formation of supercontinents. c. increased weathering and CO2 sequestration.
- When sedimentary rock is pushed up by a fault, a ____ mountain is formed A. Fault-block B. Folded C. Domea. Explain what is meant by plate tectonics. b. In your own words explain what happens at a subduction zone. c. At a subduction zone, what causes magma to rise?you are an igneous rock. describe what you experience as you move through the rock cyle
- Explain how tectonics cause tsumanisThe movement of these plates is normally very slow, but when the plates "slip" and move quickly, this causes earthquakes. Earthquakes generally occur at ruptures in the Earth's surface where two plates meet, called _______. A. faultB. ridgeC. hot spotD. trenchPlace the letters labeling rock layers, unconformities, faults and intrusions in order from youngest to smallest