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
Answer: B
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A) social dynamics. B) cultural dynamics. C) language dynamics. D) environmental dynamics. E) music dynamics.
Why did Heezen and Tharp have to do "inspired guessing" when creating their maps of the ocean floor?
a) They were limited by the mapping technology of the time. b) The data they used came from tracks of ships that overlapped each other. c) Data could not be collected for parts of the ocean that were greater than 10,000 feet deep. d) They were given only a small portion of the depth data by the Navy. The rest was classified. e) There were gaps in the data that were used to make the map because the tracks of the ships collecting the data were widely spaced.
For a long time, scientists thought that there was a correlation between fault length and earthquake magnitude. Which recent earthquake challenged this assumption, generating a larger than expected fault slip from a shorter than expected fault?
A. The 2004 Sumatra earthquake B. The 2010 Haiti earthquake C. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake D. The 1994 Northridge earthquake
Who was killed in the Philippines during his last sea voyage after a skirmish with local people?
A) Prince Henry the Navigator B) Giovanni Caboto C) Ferdinand Magellan D) James Cook E) Vasco da Gama