Shaping Earth's Surface

What is molten rock below Earth's surface?

• magma

• mantle

• lava

_____________ plate boundaries are where tectonic plates collide.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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

• Stick-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 slide 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

A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _____.

• deep-sea trench

• oceanic crust

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean floor sediment

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A break in Earth's crust along which movement occurs is called a(n) _______.

• fault

• earthquake

• strain

• stress

Plates slide past one another at ____.

• subduction zones

• transform boundaries

• convection currents

• divergent boundaries

The Himalayan mountain rage of India was formed at a _____.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• hot spot

• transform boundary

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