ConcepTest: Divergent Boundary Sketch
Question:
The figure below was drawn by a student to show the relationship between earthquake epicenters (filled circles) and a divergent plate boundary (red line). The figure represents a boundary between two oceanic plates. The size of the filled circle indicates the earthquake magnitude. What would be the best advice you could give to the student to improve the figure? This figure would best be improved if
a. the figure was redrawn to replace the small magnitude earthquakes and with medium and large magnitude earthquakes.b. the figure was redrawn to replace the medium magnitude earthquakes and with small and large magnitude earthquakes.
c. the figure was redrawn to replace the large magnitude earthquakes and with small and medium magnitude earthquakes.
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