Put the according letters into the blanks - i am aware this is an easy google-ab
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Put the according letters into the blanks - i am aware this is an easy google-able assignment but alas, I am lazy and focusing on my essay. it's an easy thumbs up! thank you :)
1. _____Hawaii
2. _____Himalayas
3. _____Philippines
4. _____Yellowstone
5. _____Iceland e. divergent boundary
6. _____Peru-Chile Trench
7. _____Aleutian Islands
8. _____East African Rift
9. _____Mid-Atlantic Ridge
10. ____San Andreas Fault
a. hot spot
b. oceanic-oceanic convergent margin
c. continent-continent convergent margin
d. oceanic-continent convergent margin
e. divergent boundary
f. transform boundary
Explanation / Answer
1.Hawaii belongs to the hotspots. They are active volcanic chain.
2. Himalayas are continent continent convergent margin. Two plates Eurasian and Tibetan are converging into each other and formed Himalayas.
3. Philippines is formed by the oceanic and oceanic plates convergence. First they formed a belt of volcanic islands and finally resulted an arc.
4. Yellowstone is a hotspot. Some thousands of years ago large amount of lava has some to the surface making the upper layers to bulge.
5. Iceland is formed as a result of divergent boundary between the two plates namely the Eurasian plate and the north American plate.
6. Peru Chile trench is formed as a result of the oceanic and continent convergent margin. When the oceanic and the continental plates subduction takes place these trenches occur.
7. Aleutian islands are formed as a result of continent and continent convergent margin. This is between the north american plate and the Pacific plate.
8. Easy African rift is formed as a result of the divergent boundary. The plates of Somalia and Nubian are moving away from the Arabian plate and resulted in this.
9. Mid Atlantic ridge is a divergent boundary. North American and the Eurasian plates moved away from each other and formed this ridge.
10. San Andreas fault is a transform boundary formation. It occurred between the Pacific plate and the north American plate.
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