GA S6E5f Plate Tectonics

The diagram shows a tectonic plate boundary.

What is the BEST explanation for what will most

likely occur at this type of plate boundary?

• Mountains will form because there is compression and rock folding.

• Thermal vents will form because of magma flowing up under high pressure.

• Volcanic eruptions will occur because the plates slide paste each other.

• Earthquakes will occur when the two different plates slide pass each other.

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The diagram illustrates Earth's major tectonic

plates.

Which type of landforms are most likely to be

found along the dark lines?

• glaciers

• deltas

• volcanoes

• plains

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What drives the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

• the convection of magma under the plates

  pulling them

• the movement of Earth on its axis pulling on the

  plates

• the convection of ocean currents above the

  plates pushing them

• the movement of air currents pushing on the

  plates

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What causes mountains to form?

• two oceanic plates colliding at a convergent

  boundary

• two continental plates spreading at a divergent

  boundary

• two oceanic plates spreading at a divergent

  boundary

• two continental plates colliding at a convergent

  boundary

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Sam's favorite television show is a nature

program called Volcano Hunters. Each week, a

team of geologists travels to a different volcano to

try to film an eruption. Where would the team

most likely find an active volcano?

• near the North or South pole

• where two tectonic plates meet

• where Earth's crust is thickets

• anywhere along the Equator

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Which is a possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary?

• convection

• mountain belts

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

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During the 1960s, geologists used seismometers

to record information that suggested Earth's

plates were in motion. The data recovered by the

seismometers showed that earthquakes,

volcanoes, and other geologic features tend to

occur or be present

• in Earth's inner core.

• around the centers of tectonic plates.

• on the edges of tectonic plates.

• in Earth's outer core.

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been.

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent.

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What happens when two plates of different densities collide?

• The plate that is less dense subducts.

• The plate that is less dense fractures.

• The more dense plate subducts.

• The more dense plate fractures.

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What causes the area around the Pacific Ocean

to have an abundance of volcanoes?

• convergent plates

• divergent plates

• the iron cycle

• the rock cycle