Tectonic Plates Review

According to the theory of plate tectonics, where do most active volcanoes occur?

• On continental plates

• Along plate boundaries

• On oceanic plates

• Underwater

The map shows three mountain ranges in the United States.

Which of the following methods would best model how the mountains formed?

• Drop pennies into a pile

• Shake a soda bottle until the soda shoots up

• Drip water on the sides of a sugar cube

• Push two towels together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mountain ranges form where crustal plates meet. The natural elevation of Earth’s surface is much higher on mountain ranges.

What type of plate tectonic boundary causes this geological event?

• Strike-slip boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

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The Pacific Ocean basin is the oldest, largest, and deepest of the existing ocean basins in the world. Its area is about 59 million square miles, and all of the continents could fit into it.

Ocean basins form at which type of plate boundary?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Oceanic

Based on the diagram, what type of geologic event is most likely to occur at this type of boundary?

• Ocean basin

• Earthquake

• Volcanic eruption

• Mountain building

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Mount Everest in the Himalayas continues to grow in height approximately four millimeters per year. The forces most likely responsible for the formation and growth of Mount Everest are due to a —

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• fault boundary

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Which of the following best describes how plate tectonics form mid-oceanic ridges?

• Plates move up and down in opposite directions; friction pushes rock up from the plates.

• Plates slide past each other under the ocean; shaking occurs as the plates rub each other.

• Plates move together under the ocean; one plate may sink under the other.

• Plates move apart under the oceans; new rock that forms below may move up.

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How are mid-ocean ridges formed?

• Colliding / convergent boundaries

• Spreading / divergent boundaries

• Sliding / transform boundaries

• Deep ocean trenches

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Which of the following best describes geological events that can result from image A?

• Spreading centers form at the fault line where the two plates rub together

• Seafloor spreading pushes the plates apart generating new rock from magma

• Friction and tension build up before slippage occurs causing earthquakes

• Ridges are formed from the continuous rubbing of the subducting plates

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Plate Tectonics causes major geological events like earthquakes, volcanos, and the formation of mountain ranges. The way the plates interact results in different geological formations. Which of the following would be the best description of a convergent boundary?

• Boundaries form where plates move away above rising convection currents. The rising current pushes up on the bottom of the lithosphere, lifting it and flowing laterally beneath it

• Plates move apart, becoming stretched and thin. The asthenosphere pushes through the gap creating new seafloor as a string of volcanos.

• A space is created between two plates as they move apart. Melted rock fills the space created by the motion of the plates. The melted rock becomes hard, and the new ocean floor is formed.

• When two oceanic plates converge and collide. The denser oceanic plate will subduct beneath the less dense oceanic plate.

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