Tectonic Plates Summative Assessment

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What likely happens when two continental plates collide?

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Folded mountains form.

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Which of the following answers lists events that result from the motion of Tectonic Plates.
Options: hurricanes and tropical depressions, earthquakes and mountain building, high tides and low tides

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earthquakes and mountain building

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Why do volcanoes FORM where a plate carrying Oceanic Crust and a plate carrying Continental Crust MEET?

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The oceanic crust moves beneath the continental crust, melts, and becomes magma.

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Which event is Most Likely to occur at the location shown based on the movement of the plates? Options: Volcanic eruption, mountain building, earthquake, new crust formation

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earthquake

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Which of the following land features is caused by the movement of tectonic plates? Options: river, glacier, sinkhole, mountain

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mountain

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Name this boundary: Convergent, Divergent, Transform, Sergent

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Convergent

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Name the boundary: divergent, convergent, transform, sergent

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transform

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Name the boundary

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divergent

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San Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary: Transform Boundary, Convergent Boundary, Divergent Boundary, Hot Spot

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Transform Boundary

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This image represents this type of boundary: divergent, transform, convergent, tectonic

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transform