If You Wanted to Draw the Boundaries of Plates on a Globe,which

question 58

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to draw the boundaries of plates on a globe,which of the following maps would give you the most complete information?

• A) map of active volcanoes
• B) map of mid-ocean ridges
• C) map of earthquake distribution
• D) map of the edge of continental shelves
• E) map of hotspots

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Definitions:

Subducting Plate

The tectonic plate that is being pushed downward into the mantle beneath another plate at a convergent boundary.

Igneous Rocks

Rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

Columnar Joints

Distinctive fracture-bounded columns of rock formed when hot but solid igneous rock contracts as it cools.

Pluton

A body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth.