Unit 3 Lesson 3 - Plate Tectonics & Landforms - RMS

Which type of stress is most likely to occur at convergent plate boundaries?

• faulting

• tension

• shear stress

• compression

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A geologist is studying an area after an earthquake. She notices that two streams have changed course. What would most likely explain the movement of the streams?

• The stream runs across a fault in a rift zone where two plates are diverging

• The stream runs across a hot spot far from any tectonic plates

• The stream runs across a transform fault that was offset by the earthquake

• The stream runs across a subduction zone where two plates are converging

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What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?

• rifting

• folding

• hot spots

• subduction

The diagram below shows a subduction zone. What type of plate boundary is shown in the image, and what type of landform is likely to occur here?

• divergent; trench

• divergent; island volcanic arc

• convergent; folded mountains

• convergent; continental volcanic arc

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Why do folded mountain belts sometimes form at convergent plate boundaries?

• Because rock is compressed and forced upward

• Because convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots

• Because the rock is stretched apart and breaks, which allows magma to rise to Earth's surface

• Because subducted oceanic lithosphere melts and rises as magma to Earth's surface

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Which of the following explains why tectonic plates move?

• Plates move because of the gravitational force of the moon pulling on Earth's surface

• Plates move because the asthenosphere is slowly moving

• Plates move because landforms cause them to move in different directions

• Plates move because they are slowly expanding and growing larger

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On which type of plate would you find thinner, denser rock?

• oceanic plate

• continental plate

• lithospheric plate

• rocks on all plates have the same thickness and density

What type of stress is most likely to occur at divergent plate boundaries?

• faulting

• tension

• shear stress

• compression

The diagram below shows rock that is being deformed by one type of stress. What type of stress is shown in the diagram?

• faulting

• tension

• shear stress

• compression

What are tectonic plates?

• large, slowly moving pieces of Earth's lithosphere

• large, slowly moving pieces of Earth's asthenosphere

• large, slowly moving pieces of Earth's mesosphere

• large, slowly moving pieces of Earth's outer core

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