Plate Tectonics & Topography

Lines that show areas that have the same elevation

• Aging Lines

• Check Out Lines

• Contour Lines

• Waiting Lines

Close contour lines indicate

• steep slope

• gradual slope

Spread out contour lines indicate

• steep slope

• gradual slope

What is the elevation at sea level?

• 0
• 100m
• 20m
• 3000m

Provided is a topographic map of a hill with contour lines drawn showing elevation in meters.
The steepest slope on this hill can be found on the side that is facing which direction?

• Southwest
• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary. 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the change in elevation from point X to the top of the hill in the topographic map shown?

• 303 m
• 203 m
• 250 m
• 253 m

Boundary between two plates where the plates are sliding past each other

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-

Forms where plates are moving away from each other

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-