Earth and Space Quiz 2

Which of the following statements below BEST describe the plate boundaries?

• Edges of two tectonic plates that meet known as fault line.

• Sides of two tectonic plates that are away from each other.

• Side of the tectonic plates that has no contact with another plate.

• Edges of three tectonic plates that has no contact with one another.

Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to _____.

• move slowly but constantly

• move in any direction

• move faster

• create another plate

If you will visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expect to see?

• Rift valleys

• Active volcanoes

• Volcanic islands

• Mountain ranges

Which plate is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reverse - fault

• Transform - fault

Which type of rock stress is present along convergent boundary where two plates collide?

• Shear

• Tension

• Express

• Compression

1. 1. What does the picture represent?

2. What do you think will happen if there is a building constructed above the plate boundary? Why?

1. What do the arrows tell us about?

2. What will happen to the mountain if the plates are still moving towards each other?

1. What do the arrows tell us about?

2. What do you think will happen to the water of the river if it loses connection to the other?