The location on the surface directly above the focus.
Hypocenter
Epicenter
Epifocus
Vent
Name the most famous conservative plate boundary.
San Andreas Fault
Juan De Fuca
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Hawaiian plate
Which of the following is NOT true of sea-floor spreading?
Oceanic ridge is formed
It is basically volcanic
A depression called oceanic trench is formed
The boundaries that experience this process are 'constructive'
Which of the following causes the movement of tectonic plates?
Conduction current
Convection current
Radiation
Tsunami
Assertion (A): Volcanoes do not create fertile land in Iceland.Reason (R): The weather is too cold to weather the lava flows.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
In which plate boundary are no major land forms formed?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
What was the main cause of Kashmir earthquake of 2005?
Indo-Australian plate moving against the Eurasian plate and the Iranian plate
Pacific plate subducting under the continental Eurasian plate
Sinking of the Indian plate under the Eurasian plate
Plunging of South American and North American plates under the Caribbean plate
