EARTH SCIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a map that shows height above sea level
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a map that shows yearly rainfall
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a map that show where tectonic plates meet
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a map that shows average yearly temperature
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Detailed explanation-1: -About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are seven major plates: African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific and South American.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bands of earthquakes mark tectonic plates. Narrow bands with shallow earthquakes (marked in red) indicate transform boundaries or mid-ocean ridge divergent boundaries. Wider bands with earthquakes at a range of depths are subduction zones.
Detailed explanation-4: -Seismic waves propogate outwards from an earthquake in all directions. Seismologists use the recordings of the ground motion caused by these waves to explore the Earth’s deep interior.