GEO 251 - Contrast the geologic processes at plate boundaries

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1. Contrast the geologic processes at plate boundaries with those at plate interiors. Explain how these differences relate to the concept of rigid plates.

2. How does the distribution of volcanoes and mountains support the theory of plate tectonics? What aspects of the distributions of these features are not obviously explained by plate tectonics?

3. List and Explain, the evidence for the existence of divergent plate boundaries?

4. List and Explain, the evidence for the existence of convergent plate boundaries?

5. Why are there mountain belts on both the east and western margins of North America if only the western margin is a plate boundary?

6. Which is stronger, the lithosphere or asthenosphere?

7. On average, how fast do the plates move?

8. Where on Earth is a likely place for a new ocean basin to form in the future? Explain why you picked this location.

9. How does the oceanic lithosphere become denser with increasing age and distance from a mid-ocean ridge?

10. Explain the relationship between oceanic lithosphere density and the process of subduction.

11. List and explain, the evidence for transform faults.

12. What are the similarities and differences among the Hawaiian, Icelandic, and Yellowstone hot spots?

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