U7: Earth's Moving Surface & Interpreting Clues

The green dots are the locations of GPS units. The arrows indicate the movement of the plate.

What direction is the North American continent moving?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The image to the left shows a map of the world. The triangles are locations of volcanoes, and the dots are the locations of earthquakes.

What is the relationship between where earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

• There is no relationship. Earthquakes and volcanoes are random.

• Earthquakes happen in lines, but volcanoes happen anywhere.

• Earthquakes and volcanoes occur in the same areas.

• Earthquakes can only happen on land.

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Which choice best shows how the two pieces of Earth that meet at the Andes are moving to create the 3-dimensional pattern of earthquakes?

• A

• B

• C

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The image to the left shows two plates moving toward each other. What formed on the surface where these two plates met?

• an ocean trench

• mountains

• a midocean ridge

• a continent

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Use the image to the left to answer the question:

Where is Point 1 (P1) located?

• In the Pacific Ocean

• On South America

• In the air

• Underground

Use the image to the left to answer the question:

What is located below the surface of the ocean at 670km from P1?

• water

• mountains

• a trench

• a volcano

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Use the image to the left to answer the question:

What landform is present on the surface of Earth starting at 760km from P1? (the point where the arrow is located)

• water

• mountains

• a trench

• a volcano

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Earthquake data along the coast of South America is shown.

What do the colors indicate in the picture?

• How strong the earthquake is.

• How deep the earthquake is. (how far from the surface)

• How many people felt the earthquake.

• If there is a volcano also present.

When do mountains form on the surface of Earth?

• Mountains form when plates move toward each other.

• Mountains form when plates move away from each other.

• Mountains form from earthquakes.

• Mountains form from rivers.

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The Pacific Ocean plate is moving toward the South American plate.

What evidence is present at the surface when an ocean plate collides with a continent plate?

Select all that apply.

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Trench

• Mountains

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