Various Land Features and Plate Boundaries Quiz

Students are learning about plate tectonics and its relationship with geological events. Which statements are true about plate tectonics? Select TWO correct answers.

• Convergent boundaries pull away from each other and create ocean basins.

• Transform boundaries slide past each other and cause earthquakes.

• Divergent boundaries pull away from each other and create rift valleys.

• Convergent boundaries come together and create ocean basins.

• Divergent boundaries come together and create mountains.

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The chart shows various land features and the plate boundary that helps to form them. Which type of plate boundary forms oceanic ridges? Enter your answer in the box provided.

Answer explanation

Divergent

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The San Andreas Fault causes many of the earthquakes in California. Which shows the movement of plates in the location where the fault line is?

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A student lives near a transform plate boundary. Which type of safety drill might they practice there that they would not practice if they lived in the middle of a tectonic plate?

• fire drill

• tornado drill

• earthquake drill

• shelter in place drill

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Which of the following forces MOST LIKELY caused the changes in the mountain that is shown in the pictures?

• chemical weathering

• glacial erosion

• volcanic erosion

• crustal uplift

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Which of the following land features are most closely associated with divergent plate boundaries?

• Volcanic island

• Mid ocean ridge

• Mountains

• Ocean basin

Earthquakes are more common in California than they are in Texas because of the movement of which of the following tectonic plates? Select TWO correct answers.

• Pacific

• South American

• North American

• African

• Eurasian

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In the diagram representing Earth’s tectonic plates, which plate is labeled as B?

• North American plate

• Eurasian plate

• Australian plate

• African plate

In the diagram representing Earth’s tectonic plates, which plate is labeled as A?

• South American plate

• African Plate

• North American plate

• Eurasian plate

The chart below names several minor tectonic plates. Which plate in the list below COULD NOT complete the chart?

• Nazca

• Arabian

• North American

• Cocos

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