8.9B - Crustal Features

Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

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The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years. Which one is correct?

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Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

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What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

• The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

• The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

• Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.

• Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor.

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What plate boundary feature is also shown?

• A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

• A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

• A fault forming at an active transform boundary

• A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

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_______ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• Mountain ranges
• Transform faults
• Rift valleys
• Volcanoes

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