The Wadati-Benioff zone outlines the ________ at a convergent boundary.
A) ocean trench
B) ocean ridge
C) subducting plate
D) transform fault
Question 2
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below. Plate tectonic works because lithosphere is less dense than asthenosphere at divergent boundaries and more dense than asthenosphere at convergent boundaries.
A) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
B) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
C) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
D) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Coral in the Pacific Ocean
Heading for the ocean on a beach at the Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Convergent Margin—Aleutian Trench, Alaska
Intertropical convergence zone
Ocean sediment cores preserve a record of ice sheet growth and decay
Divergent Boundary