Plate Tectonic Landforms

Plate Tectonics and Landforms

by Katie Heter

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What happens when two continental plate collide?

• One plate will go under and subducts.

• Both two plates will go downward.

• Neither the plates will be subducted.

• Plates will melt later.

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What are the two types of crust?

• Convergent and Divergent

• Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

• Continental and Oceanic

• Trench and Island Arc

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What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?

• collision
• mid-ocean ridge
• a boundry
• a rift zone

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What happens at the boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?

• The two plates are moving

• Mountains develop on edge of the oceanic plate

• The continental plate slips under the oceanic plate

• The oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate

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How is subduction zone formed?

• When two plates slide each past each other

• When two plates move away from each other

• When two plates move toward each other

• When one tectonic plate sinks below another

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Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at a subduction boundary?

• The oceanic crust is hotter

• The oceanic crust has a greater density

• The oceanic crust has a lighter density

• The oceanic crust has more magnetic composition

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What will happen to the leading edge of the subducted denser plate?

• It will later reach the mantle, causing it to melt and turn into magma

• It will later reach the mantle and evaporate

• It forms mountains

• It will generate a tsunami

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The upper layer of the Earth which includes continental and ocean crust is called the :

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• atmosphere

• stratosphere

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What is the force inside the mantle that causes the Earth's Plates to move ?

• subduction

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

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A hot spot is located at the boundary of a plate

• true

• false

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What geologic feature will occur at a hot spot ?

• volcano

• folded mountain

• deep sea trench

• crevasse

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A prime example of an area over a hot spot is :

• Japan

• the Andes Mountains

• the East African Rift

• the Hawaiian Islands

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As one moves away from a hot spot, the crust will get :

• younger

• older

• the will be no change in age

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Which of the following will move with time ?

• a hot spot

• the plate the hot spot is over

• neither move

• both move

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What area of the continental United States is over a hot spot ?

• the Florida Everglades

• the Grand Canyon

• Yellowstone National Park

• New York City

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Most geysers are located in...

• Acadia National park

• everglades nation park

• Yellowstone National park

• Death Valley nation park

• Grand Canyon national park

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You can swim in a active geyser

• True

• False

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Magma that reaches the surface is called:

• Vent
• Hot spot
• Lava
• Cinders

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The belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean is called:

• Island arc
• Ring of Fire
• Lava plateau
• Hawaii

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Inside a volcano, magma collects in a pocket called a:

• caldera
• pipe
• magma chamber
• vent

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An opening through which the lava flows is called:

• crater
• caldera
• vent
• pipe

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The name of a volcano that erupted in Washington State in 1980.

• Mt. Fuji
• Old Faithful
• Mt. St. Helens
• Mt. Pinatubo

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Magma rises because it is...

• more dense than surrounding rock
• less dense than surrounding rock

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The Andes Mountains and volcanoes formed at...

• a divergent plate boundary
• a hot spot
• a convergent plate boundary
• a caldera

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Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

• Tranform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone

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Which letter corresponds with the newest rock?

• L

• M

• N

• O