Plate Boundaries and Topographic Maps

The diagram below shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate. The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce –

• Fossil Layers

• Volcanic Islands

• Deep-sea Sediment

• Seafloor Spreading

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The map below 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, indication 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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If an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct under the other?

• Oceanic Plate will subduct under

• Continental Plate will subduct under

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The Himalayan Mountains are shown on the map. Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused this mountain range to form. 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 hotspot

• Student 4 - Movement at a transform fault boundary

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Submergent

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Submergent

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Island Arc

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Flat Land

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A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Submergent

Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction

• Convergent Boundary

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