Plate Tectonics

Front

Which land formation occurs as a result of lithospheric plates folding upon one another?

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a mountain range

Front

What formed when the landmass on the Indian Plate collided with the landmass on the Eurasian Plate between 40 and 50 million years ago?

Back

the Himalayan Mountains

Front

In a region where two continental plates collide, what geological features MOST often forms?

Back

a mountain range

Front

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another likely form

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rift zones

Front

Which geological process is absent from the Gulf Coast states? Options: beach development, subduction zones, weathering, erosion

Back

subduction zones

Front

Which two plates collided with each other to form the Himalayan Mountains? Options: Nazca and Eurasian, Indo-Australian and Eurasian, North America and Antarctica, South American and Indo-Australian

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Indo-Australian and Eurasian

Front

Which of these plate boundaries are most likely to form a volcano?

• a continental plate colliding with a continental plate
• an oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate
• a continental plate sliding past a continental plate
• an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

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an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

Front

What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

Back

Deep oceanic trenches

Front

At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

Back

Subduction zones

Front

At which plate boundaries does a SUBDUCTION zone occur? Options: Continent to continent convergent boundary, Ocean- continent convergent boundary, ocean- ocean convergent boundary, Both Ocean-Ocean and Ocean- Cont. Boundaries, Both Ocean- Cont. and Cont- cont. Boundaries

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Both Ocean-Ocean and Ocean- Cont. Boundaries