5.02 Quiz: Landforms

Which outcome is most likely to occur along a transform boundary?

• Deep-sea trenches

• hot spots

• rugged mountain ranges

• earthquakes

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What occurs along a divergent plate boundary?

• deep-sea ridges

• rugged mountain ranges

• hot spots

• earthquakes

What occurs along a convergent plate boundary?

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• earthquakes and hot spots

• hot spots and ridges

• volcanoes and ridges

Where does the most geologic activity (including volcanoes and earthquakes) occur?

• within continental plates

• where two plates meet

• in the middle of ocean plates

• across two plates

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A which boundary may a mountain chain of sedimentary rock form?

• divergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• convergent boundary of two continental crusts

• convergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• divergent boundary between two oceanic crusts

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Which statement best describes the action that is creating the Rift Valley in Africa?

• The African plate is splitting apart to form two separate plates.

• The African plate is colliding with the Arabian plate.

• The Eurasian plate is converging with the African plate.

• The Eurasian and Arabian plates are diverging.

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The Andes Mountains are found along the western coast of South America.

Which kind of plate boundary is responsible for this mountain range?

• The Nazca plate is converging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate is diverging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate and the South American plate are at a transform boundary.

• The Nazca plate and the North American plate are at a transform boundary.

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Observe this photograph of rock layers. Notice how one piece of rock looks lower than the other. This happens when pieces of crust move away from each other.

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• hot spot

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Look at this photograph of a fault. Notice how the right side appears lower that the left side. This happens when pieces of crust are pushed together.

At which type of plate boundary does this occur?

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• hot spot

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Study this photo of the San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes are common along this fault.

Which type of plate boundary does the San Andreas Fault represent?

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• hot spot

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