Mountains form from....

Plates sliding past one another

plates moving away from each other

Earth's plates are....

Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth

Plate movement is caused by _____

Convection current in the mantle

What are mid-ocean ridges?

A chain of underwater mountains

A chain of underwater volcanoes

What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?

convergent continental to continental

convergent ocean to continental

Rift valleys can form when fractures in Earth’s crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

Rift valleys form where two plates move away from each other.

Rift valleys form where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate.

Rift valleys form where a plate slides horizontally past another plate.

Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.

A mid-ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America. Which statement best describes the relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east.

The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the east.

The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west.

The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west.

The Himalayan mountains are shown on the map below. Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused this mountain range to form. Their responses are shown below. Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Student 1: Two continental plates converging

Student 2: An earthquake in a subduction zone

Student 3: A tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

Student 4: Movement at a transform fault boundry

The image shows a plate boundary. Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates. What plate boundary feature is also shown?

A fault forming at an active transform boundary

A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

The map shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea. 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.

Tectonic Plates

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Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

tectonic plates

North American Plate

Eurasian Plate

African Plate

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

divergent boundaries

volcanic eruptions

subduction

convergent boundary

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Tectonic Plates

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Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.

the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries

Ridges formed from new crustal material at diverging oceanic plate boundaries

Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; frequent occurrences along all types of plate boundaries

Name this boundary

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