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he man who pioneered the continental drift hypothesis was Alfred
What is the name of the supercontinent tha existed near the end of Paleozoic? Pangea
Three basic types of plate boundaries are divergent, convergent, and transform fault
Plates move apart, leaving a gap at the divergent plate boundaries
Plates collide along convergent plate boundaries
Volcanic island arcs (like Aleutian Islands) are associated with convergent (oceanic-oceanic) plate boundaries
Mount St. Helen is associated with convergent (oceanic-continental) plate boundary
Hawaiian Islands are associated with hot spot
Phillipine tectonic plate is entirely made of oceanic crust. true
Magnitude is amount of energy released by an earthquake. true
The source of an earthquake from where energy radiates in all directions is referred to as focus
Which seismic wave does not travel through magma and outer core? S wave
what plate boundaries are also known as constructive plate boundaries. divergent
Oceanic crust is denser and thinner than continental crust. true
At divergent plate boundaries __________are found. mid-ocean ridges
The ocean waves set in motion by submarine earthqueke are called Tsunami
Mid-ocenic ridges are associated with convergent plate boundaries. false
The position on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake source is called epicenter
The instrument which records earthquake events is called seismograph
'P' waves travel faster than other seismic waves
Three basic types of seismic waves are P, S, and surface waves
S' waves travel only through solids
The quantity of energy released by an earthquake is a measurement referred to as magnitude
Which type of plate boundary is also known as destructive plate boundary? convergent
alaska 1964 earthquake, is the largest earthquake to be recored? True
Hawaiian chain of islands formed at convergent plate boundary. false
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