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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Lithospheric plates have moved to create land formations on Earth's surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?
a river
a volcano
an earthquake
a mountain range
Between 40 and 50 million years ago, the landmass on the Indian Plate collided with the landmass on the Eurasian Plate. What formed when these landmasses collided?
the Grand Canyon
the Great Plains
the Himalayan Mountains
the Mariana Trench
In a region where two continental plates collide, what geological features MOST often forms?
an ocean
a volcano
a river valley
a mountain range
Crustal plates that pull apart from one another likely form
volcanic island arcs
strike-slip faults
oceanic trenches
rift zones
Which geological process is absent from the Gulf Coast states?
beach development
subduction zones
weathering
erosion
Which two plates collided with each other to form the Himalayan Mountains?
Nazca and Eurasian
Indo-Australian and Eurasian
North America and Antarctica
South American and Indo-Australian
Which of these plate boundaries are most likely to form a volcano?
a continental plate colliding with a continental plate
an oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate
a continental plate sliding past a continental plate
an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate
What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?
Deep oceanic trenches
Mountain Ranges
Coastal Volcanic Mountains
Both mountains and volcanoes
At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?
Continent- continent Convergent
Transform boundaries
Subduction zones
All convergent boundaries
At which plate boundaries does a SUBDUCTION zone occur?
Continent to continent convergent boundary
Ocean- continent convergent boundary
ocean- ocean convergent boundary
Both Ocean-Ocean and Ocean- Cont. Boundaries
Both Ocean- Cont. and Cont- cont. Boundaries
Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.
Less
More
Same
Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past one another
Transform fault boundary
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Reverse fault
