6.10d

Which way do transform plates move?

• they slide past each other

• away from each other

• one under another one

• all directions

Which direction do divergent plates move?

• past each other

• toward each other

• away from each other

• they fly

In which way do convergent plates move?

• toward each other

• away from each other

• past each other

• they don't move

Which of the following crustal features would be the result of two continental tectonic plates moving away from each other?

• mountain range

• volcanoes on land

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

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What is subduction?

• The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.

• Developed Continental Drift Theory

• One big continent or land mass

• The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

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Which statement best describes the geologic process that is most likely responsible for the formation of mountains?

• They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys.

• They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults.

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distance past, allowing new rock to build up.

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A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

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Rift valleys can form when fractures in Earth's crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

• Rift valleys form where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate

• Rift valleys form where a plat slides horizontally past another plate

• Rift valleys form where two plates move away from each other

• Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate

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The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. The map below shows a student's approximation of where the fault line crosses through the United States. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years.

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A mid-ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America. Which statement best describes the relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are moving to the east

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west

• The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east

• The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west

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