Reading Science: Tectonic Plates

When the edges of tectonic plates

shift and energy is released, what is the most likely result?

• Earthquakes

• Mounatin formation

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Island formation

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Which of the following would best model mountain formation?

• Shake a soda bottle until the soda shoots up

• Drip water on the sides of a sugar cube

• Drop pennies into a pile

• Push two towels together

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Which direction of plate movement will most likely result in the formation of an ocean basin?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subduction

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The San Andreas Fault is located in California in the United States. What tectonic boundary does it form?

• Between Eurasian Plate and North

  American Plate

• Between South American and North American Plates

• Between Pacific Plate and Eurasian

  Plate

• Between North American Plate and Pacific Plate

The Pacific Ocean basin is the oldest, largest, and deepest of the existing ocean basins in the world. Its area is about 59 million square miles, and all of the continents could fit into it.

Ocean basins form at which type of plate boundary?

• Oceanic

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Mountain ranges form where crustal plates meet. The natural elevation of Earth’s surface is much higher on mountain ranges.

What type of plate tectonic boundary causes this geological event?

• Strike-slip boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

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Based on the image above, the boundary between which plates is likely to form an ocean basin?

• North American and Pacific

• South American and African

• Indo Australian and Pacific

• North American and Pacific

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Based on the image above, one of the boundaries between which plates is classified as transform?

• Eurasian and North American

• Indo-Australian and Pacific

• South American and African

• North American and Pacific

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Which tectonic

plate is represented by the letter J?

• Pacific

• African

• Eurasian

• Indo-Australian

Which tectonic plate is represented by letter L?

• Pacific

• South American

• Indo - Australian

• Pacific

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