What is causing the movement at this plate boundary?

A convection current is rising under this area, pushing the plates apart.

A convection current is sinking under this area, pushing the plates apart.

A convection current is sinking under this area, causing a convergent plate boundary.

A convection current is rising under this area, causing a convergent plate boundary.

A map is provided that shows the location of the Aleutian Islands. What information below is correct about these islands?

They are located around an area known as the Ring of Fire.

These islands are located at a divergent plate boundary.

Earthquakes and volcanoes do not occur here.

There is not enough information to answer.

We live in an area that has earthquakes. This is because

Tennessee is where two old tectonic plates boundaries used to exist.

Tennessee is currently near the boundary of two tectonic plates.

Tennessee is near the middle of the North American Plate.

Tennessee is near the Ring of Fire.

Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

two continental plates collide forming folded mountains

an oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate forming a volcanic mountain

A tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

a series of earthquakes forming mountains when these two plates slide past each other

an oceanic plate colliding with another oceanic plate forming folded mountains

What kind of boundary is location #4?

divergent - continental/continental

convergent- continental/continental

This is where plate material may be recycled and returned to the mantle.

both convergent and transform boundaries

Why is the Ring of Fire so active? ( Select 2 correct answers)

Many other tectonic plates are converging with the Pacific plate.

There is at least one tectonic plate that will subduct.

Tectonic plates are diverging in this area.

The Pacific plate is moving very fast, sliding past the others.

Which of the following responses best summarizes the relationship between volcanoes, large earthquakes, and tectonic plates?

Volcanoes and large earthquakes both typically occur along the edges of tectonic plates.

Volcanoes are typically found on islands. Earthquakes usually only occur on continents. Both volcanoes and large earthquakes occur near tectonic plates.

Volcanoes mostly occur in the center of tectonic plates and large earthquakes typically occur along the edges of tectonic plates.

Volcanoes, large earthquakes, and tectonic plates are not related, and each can occur in different places.

Government agencies study natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions to make decisions about planning for natural disasters. The triangles on the map show the locations of potentially active volcanoes in the western United States. Which statement is correct regarding the dangers of volcanic eruptions in the western United States?

There is less danger of a volcanic eruption in the near future in Salt Lake City, Utah, than there is in Bend, Oregon.

There is more danger of a volcanic eruption in the near future in San Diego, California, than there is in Seattle, Washington.

Colorado should have a stricter volcano emergency plan than Washington State has.

Utah should have a stricter volcano emergency plan than California has.

On the map below, dark circles indicate the positions of volcanoes. Dark lines indicate tectonic plate boundaries of Earth's crust. According to this map, which of the following describes where volcanoes are most likely to form in the Ring of Fire?

Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet other plates.

Volcanoes form in the middle of a tectonic plate.

Volcanoes form below the surface of tectonic plates.

Volcanoes form where earthquakes are least likely to occur.

The table identifies the three types of tectonic plate boundaries on Earth’s surface and their effect on the lithosphere. Which three statements are correct about the effects of these plate boundaries on Earth’s lithosphere?

In Type 2 boundaries, one plate is forced under the other, causing the lithosphere to form trenches.

In Type 1 boundaries, new lithosphere will form because of the plates pulling apart from each other.

Earthquakes can occur at all types of boundaries (Type 1,Type 2 and Type 3).

In Type 3 boundaries, one plate slides next to the other, creating ocean mountain ranges.

Volcanoes tend to occur at both Type 1 and Type 3 boundaries.

The following is a diagram of the tectonic plates and their general direction of movement. Where would subduction zones creating trenches and/or volcanoes occur? Choose the 3 correct answers.

between the Nazca Plate & South American Plate

between the Indian-Australian Plate & the Pacific Plate

between the Eurasian Plate & the Pacific Plate

between the South American Plate & the African Plate

between the Eurasian Plate & the Indian-Australian Plate

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What type of plate boundary is most likely to occur at Point A in the diagram?

transform

divergent

reverse

convergent

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Which of the following can be explained at Point B in the diagram?

Divergent plates is causing subduction to occur.

Transform plates is causing subduction to occur.

Convergent plates is causing sea-floor spreading to occur.

Convergent plates is causing subduction to occur.

Divergent plates is causing sea-floor spreading to occur.

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What kind of boundary runs across Iceland?

Nordic boundary

Transform boundary

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

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What geographical feature will form here?

the San Andreas Fault

mid-oceanic ridges

volcanic island arc

rift valleys

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following examples occurs at this type of plate boundary?

Andes Mountains in South America

Iceland

San Andres Fault in California

Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska.

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The following maps show the position of the Earth’s continents and oceans. The circles on each map mark the locations where volcanic eruptions occur. Which map do you think most closely represents the places where these volcanoes are typically observed?

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Which of the following features on the earth has formed this way? (Select 2 correct answers)

Ring of Fire

Himalayan Mountains

San Andreas Fault

Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska.

Appalachian Mountains

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QUIZ:ESS2.5 & 3.2 Plate Tectonic Effects & Occurrences

What type of plate boundary is most likely to occur at Point A in the diagram?

Which of the following can be explained at Point B in the diagram?

What kind of boundary runs across Iceland?

What geographical feature will form here?

Which of the following examples occurs at this type of plate boundary?

The following maps show the position of the Earth’s continents and oceans. The circles on each map mark the locations where volcanic eruptions occur. Which map do you think most closely represents the places where these volcanoes are typically observed?

Which of the following features on the earth has formed this way? (Select 2 correct answers)

An example of this type of plate boundary on earth is found at the

What is causing the movement at this plate boundary?

What is the name of this famous geographic feature?

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