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Plate Tectonics, Mountain Building, Topographic Maps Quiz

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Plate Tectonics, Mountain Building, Topographic Maps Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Class Period:

2
3
4
5
6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A syncline is ______________.

circular or or elongated rock layers
an area of upfolded rock layers
an area of downfolded rock layers
fractures or breaks in the rocks

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The four main types of mountains are ___________.

syncline, anticline, strike-slip, and basin
symmetrical, asymmetrical, basin, and dome
compression, tension, folded, and shearing
folded, volcanic, upwarped, and fault block

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Stress forces on rock units cause 3 main types of deformations called _______________.

compression, tension and shearing
folds, faults and joints
fault blocks, synclines, and basins
folded, volcanic and fault block

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

This type of mountain usually happens at convergent boundaries.

Folded mountains
Fault block mountains
Volcanic mountains
Upwarped mountains

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Choose the constructive plate boundary process from the descriptions below.

a trench is formed underwater and volcanoes are formed on land
an arc of islands is formed
the mid ocean ridge is formed
mountains are formed

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Island arcs like the Aleutian islands form at ___________.

Oceanic / continental convergent plate boundaries
Continental/ Continental convergent plate boundaries
Oceanic / Oceanic divergent plate boundaries
Continental / continental divergent plate boundaries
Oceanic / Oceanic convergent plate boundaries

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