Plate Tectonics

How was the mountain shown in the picture likely formed?

Tectonic plates can be moving towards one another or away from one another. Which of the following crustal features is formed when two plates are moving away from one another?

In which diagram do the arrows best represent the motions of Earth's crust at the Peru-Chile Trench?

Which type of boundary is shown in the picture?

The map shows California and the section of the San Andreas Fault. What is the primary geologic process occurring along the San Andreas Fault?

The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. The map below shows a student’s approximation of where the fault line crosses through the United States. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years.Which map best predicts the likely movement of land along the fault line over thousands of years?

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 diagram 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 —

The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges.Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?

The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault that is located at the border of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. What would most likely form along this fault if it were a convergent boundary instead of a transform fault?

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

The diagram shows the cross section of two crustal plates and the boundary between them. At this plate boundary, the crustal plates are –

Which cross section below best represents the crustal

plate motion that is the primary cause of deep ocean

ridges and volcanic seafloor spreading?

The diagram below shows the location of mid-ocean ridges and the age of some oceanic bedrock near these ridges.The age of oceanic bedrock on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is supporting evidence that at the ridges, tectonic plates are –

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 in the table below.Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the plate tectonic theory?

Which type of boundary is shown in the picture?