Plate Tectonics

The earthquakes experienced in California are related to tectonic plates because these catastrophic events are the result of -

• two tectonic plates sliding past each other.

• tectonic plates melting as they slide into the mantle.

• tectonic plates being weathered over time.

• two tectonic plates pulling away from each other.

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Which of the following features is likely to form where two tectonic plates push toward each other?

• Ocean shoreline

• Mountain range

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift valley

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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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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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The image shows a plate boundary. Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates.What plate boundary feature is also shown?

• A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

• A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

• A fault forming at an active transform boundary

• A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

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The diagram shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, on plate often moves below the other plate. The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce-

• fossil layers

• volcanic islands

• deep-sea sediment

• seafloor spreading

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This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

• ocean trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• tall mountains

• transform fault

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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The map shows some of Earth’s plate tectonic boundaries. Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at —  

• Location W
• Location X
• Location Y
• Location Z

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The model below shows two continental plates. What type of plate boundary is this

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction boundary

• Convergent boundary

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