Shaping Earth's Surface

The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth’s ____.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

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_________ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• Volcanoes

• Strike-slip faults

• Mountain ranges

• Rift valleys

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At an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary, ________________.

• new crust is created

• old crust is recycled by subduction

• old crust is deformed or fractured

• plates side past one another

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What type of mountains are formed when molten rock erupts onto Earth’s surface and hardens?

• uplifted mountains

• fold mountains

• volcanic mountains

• fault-block mountains

Volcanoes can form over a plume, or rising current of hot mantle. As a tectonic plate slowly moves over a plume, a volcano will form and then become extinct as it moves away from the hot spot. Then the next volcano will form. If the hot spot shown made all the islands in the figure, is the plate pictured below moving toward you or away from you?

• The plate is moving toward me.

• The plate is moving away from me.

• There is no way to tell.

• It is stationary

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Look at the figures showing the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes. Why do volcanoes and earthquakes occur in so many of the same areas?

• Both often occur near plate boundaries

• Both are formed by magma

• They can only occur near mid ocean ridges

• Earthquakes create volcanoes

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A(n) ____ can be caused by an underwater earthquake.

• impact crater

• landslide

• fault zone

• tsunami

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If 2 oceanic plates collide, which one will subduct?

• The plate that is more dense

• The plate that is least dense

• The one with the fewest people on it

• Neither. They will create a fold mountain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Appalachian Mountains are shorter and smoother, whereas the Rocky Mountains are taller and more jagged. Which mountain range is older?

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• They are both the same age

• There is no way to know which one is older

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Fault-block mountains occur where _____.

• compression squeezes the crust

• tension pulls the crust apart

• tension squeezes the crust

• compression pulls the crust apart