Elevate Topic 4 Lesson 2

What landform is shown in the picture?

• a butte

• a fault

• a trench

• a canyon

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Look at the map of California. The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Los Angeles is on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco is on the North American Plate. Notice the arrows showing the direction in which each plate is moving. Los Angeles is moving very slowly ____________________.

• southeast

• northwest

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Look at the map of California. The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Los Angeles is on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco is on the North American Plate. Notice the arrows showing the direction in which each plate is moving. San Francisco is moving very slowly ____________________.

• south

• north

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The Pacific Plate is moving at a speed of 7 to 11 centimeters a year. The North American Plate is moving at a speed of about 2.3 centimeters a year.

Predict what might happen to Los Angeles and San Francisco in the distant future. Choose two correct answers.

• Los Angeles and San Francisco will move farther apart.

• Los Angeles and San Francisco will move closer together.

• Los Angeles may someday be north of San Francisco.

• San Francisco will remain north of Los Angeles.

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Assume that the net movement of the two plates is about 10 centimeters a year. Los Angeles and San Francisco are now about 600 kilometers apart. About how many years will it take for your predictions in the previous question to occur? (Remember: 1 kilometer = 100,000 centimeters.)

• 6,000,000

• 6,000

• 60

• 1

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Many volcanoes are found on the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian Islands are not located at the boundary of two plates. Which statement best explains how Hawaii’s volcanoes formed?

• Hawaii is located on the Ring of Fire.

• Magma forced its way to Earth's surface.

• Volcanoes formed along a ridge under the Pacific Ocean.

• Earthquakes under the Pacific Ocean formed volcanoes.

Trenches found in the ocean floor are similar to _________________ on land.

• plateaus

• canyons

Underwater ridges are similar to _______________.

• plains

• mountain ranges