Plate Tectonics

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

• Continent- continent Convergent

• Transform boundaries

• Subduction zones

• All convergent boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1