CCA 5 Review Part 2

Front

The diagram shows a cross section of a portion of the Earth. Which letter represents a mid-ocean ridge? Options: W, X, Y, Z

Back

Y

Front

How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform shown in the diagram?

Back

Two continental plates collided.

Front

What results as the two oceanic plates converge?

Back

formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes

Front

What results when the two plates move in the direction indicated by the arrows?

Back

volcanic eruption along the edges of both plates

Front

What is occurring at the Nazca Plate?

Back

Subduction

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, submergent

Back

transform

Front

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Back

Earthquakes

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? Options: Volcano, Mountain, Rift, Island Arc

Back

Mountain

Front

A subduction zone is formed...

Back

when one tectonic plate sinks below another