As the geology officer on an expedition to a newly discovered, Earthlike planet, you must determine where to locate the first permanent settlement. This planet has volcanoes and appears to have a crust composed of moving plates.

In order to avoid an earthquake zone, you consider avoiding a location with:

a. a young mountain range along a continental coast.

b. broad river deltas associated with large, low coastal plains.

c. an old mountain range with no volcanoes.

d. cliffs made of limestone.

Question

As the geology officer on an expedition to a newly discovered, Earthlike planet, you must determine where to locate the first permanent settlement. This planet has volcanoes and appears to have a crust composed of moving plates.

In order to avoid an earthquake zone, you consider avoiding a location with:
  
       a. a young mountain range along a continental coast.

b. broad river deltas associated with large, low coastal plains.

c. an old mountain range with no volcanoes.

d. cliffs made of limestone.

anonymous · Answer

think about it. the planets earthlike, it has volcanoes so youre gonna wanna stay away from the younger mountain range so I would say C

anonymous · Answer

I picked that one and got it wrong. The answer is a.