UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS EXTRA CREDIT

-Describe one force that occurs in the Earth to form mountains.

-Explain how this force forms mountains.

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What happens in a subduction zone?

• Two plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes.

• Two plates come together of different densities and one sinks under the other and melts.

• Two oceanic plates diverge and create a ridge.

• Two continental plates collide and form mountains.

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What are the three main types of plate boundaries that exist?

• Confine, define, and translate

• Convergent, divergent, and transform

• Contingent, defendant, and transcribe

• Complete, deplete, and transplant

Which boundary is characterized by the creation of a mid-ocean ridge?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• All plate boundaries

What is the creation of new crust at divergent oceanic boundaries called?

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction zones

• Volcanic island arcs

• Faulting

Match the description with the vocabulary term.

• volcanic island arc

• is the sudden and violent shaking of the ground usually caused by movement within Earth's crust.

• mountain

• is an area along the edge of the Pacific ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

• earthquake

• is the landform that is created when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate.

• Ring of Fire

• is a string of islands created from the volcanoes along a deep ocean trench.

• volcano

• is the landform that is created when two continental plates collide.

What name was given to the giant landmass that existed 300 million years ago?

• Super Continent

• Pangaea

• Continental Landmass

• Giant Plates

What geological feature is commonly found at transform boundaries?

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Deep ocean trenches

• Earthquake faults

• Volcanic arcs

What process occurs when two continental plates collide?

• Subduction

• Mountain building

• Seafloor spreading

• Rift valley formation

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