15. What type of plate boundary exists between Plate C and Plate E, east of the
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15. What type of plate boundary exists between Plate C and Plate E, east of the Southwestern Islands? a. Convergent b. Transform c. Divergent
16.What is the relative motion of Plate E at this plate boundary?
a. Southwest b. Northwest c. Southeast d. Northeast
17.What is the relative motion of Plate C at this plate boundary?
a. Southwest b. Northwest c. Southeast d. Northeast
18.Is it possible for earthquakes in this area to be as strong as the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska?
a. NO b. YES c. Only every other Friday.
19.Which of the following statements is TRUE for the plate margin mentioned in the above questions?
a. There would be no volcanism at this type of plate boundary.
b. For this type of plate boundary, volcanism would be characterized by many explosive eruptions.
c. This type of plate boundary would be characterized by basalt flows and nonexplosive volcanism. d. None of the above statements are true.
20.Which of the following statements is(are) TRUE?
a. Plate E is subducting to the northwest under Plate C.
b. Plate C is moving to the northwest relative to Plate E.
c. Plate C is subducting to the southeast under Plate E.
21.Which of the following statements is(are) TRUE regarding the plate boundary discussed above?
a. Large earthquakes in this region could generate a tsunami.
b.The most powerful kinds of earthquakes may occur at this type of plate boundary. c.Earthquakes in this region are infrequent and are generally of a smaller magnitude than those found at other plate boundaries.
d.Both a. and b. are true.
e.None of the above statements are true.
22.In what direction is B moving with respect to Plate D?
a. Southwest b. Northwest c. Southeast d. Northeast
24.Which of the following statements is TRUE for the plate margin between Plate B and Plate D?
a.There would be no volcanism at this type of plate boundary.
b.or this type of plate boundary, volcanism would be characterized by many explosive eruptions.
c.This type of plate boundary would be characterized by basalt flows and nonexplosive volcanism.
d.None of the above statements are true.
25.What type of plate boundary exists between Plate C and Plate E, near the mouth of the Gulf of the West?
a. Convergent b. Transform c. Divergent
26.What type of plate boundary exists between Plate E and Plate B?
a. Convergent b. Transform c. Divergent
27.What type of plate boundary exists between Plate D and Plate E, along the east coast of the Eastern Continent?
a. Convergent b. Transform c. Divergent
28.What type of tectonic setting exists along the east coast of the Eastern Continent?
a.Continental collision zone.
b.Subduction zone.
c.A continental rift zone.
d.A passive continental margin.
e.A coastal transform boundary.
Explanation / Answer
15.--- A
16.---- B
17.---- C
18.---- B
19.---- B
20.---- A
21.---- D
22.---- B
24.---- C
25. at mouth of gulf B & C will have transform boundry, E dosent exist there.
26. --- B
27. --- A
28---- B
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