What type of geologic feature would you expect to find along the west coast of South America?

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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a rift valley
an arc of volcanoes
an ocean ridge
a transform fault
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the east coast of the UNITED STATES an example of?
divergent continental margin
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
passive continental margin
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At which of these boundaries would you expect to find oceanic lithosphere being created?
between the South American and Nazca plates
between the Pacific and North American plates
between the North American and Eurasian plates
between the Cocos and Caribbean plates
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do plates move to form a continental rift valley?
in transform type boundaries
in convergent type boundaries
in divergent type boundaries
in subduction zones
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is true about the deepest ocean trenches?
they form in subduction zones
they are deeper than some mountains are tall
they are formed from oceanic crust
all of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the direction of movement at a convergent plate boundary?
side by side
toward each other
away from each other
no movement
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During subduction, why will the magma produced by the subducting plate rise upward?
because it is colder than the surrounding material
because its composition has changed from basalt to granite
because it is less dense than the surrounding material
because of the Coriolis Effect on magma
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