Answer the following questions:
1. Describe the bathymetry of the ocean seafloor and how the features relate to plate tectonics.
2. The strongest part of an ocean transform fault is in the middle, capable of having the largest earthquakes. What is happening on either side of the transform fault?
3. Charles Darwin noticed that the geology of the Galapagos Islands suggested that the islands were sinking. Explain what he meant by this statement.
4. Discuss the formation of continental mountain ranges and how this relates to the life cycle of an ocean.
5. Describe the different geologic mechanisms to explain the existence of ocean fossils within crustal rocks in the middle of the continent. Include a discussion of the Earth’s geologic history.
6. Discuss ways scientists attempt to predict natural disasters and the success they have had in doing so.
