Plate Tectonics Pacific Plate

Where two tectonic plates converge and move toward each other, which of the following is likely to result?

• Rift Valley
• Mountain range
• Arid desert
• Tropical rainforest 

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Which of the following geologic events would most likely occur where two continental plates converge?

• Tsunami
• Earthquake
• Mountain Formation
• Trench Formation

The boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate is a transform boundary. What event is likely to occur at this boundary?

• Mountain Formation
• Earthquake
• Hurricane
• Volcanic Eruptions

The interaction of tectonic plate boundaries is associated with which of the following events?

• Hurricane
• Tropical Storms
• Earthquakes
• Tornadoes

An ocean basin will form in what location, relative to the major tectonic plates?

• At plate boundaries where friction occurs
• In the center of the largest plates
• On a plate pushed up by another plate
• Where two plates pull apart

What event will most likely occur at a divergent plate boundary?

• The plates will form a mountain chain
• One plate will subduct under the other
• The plates will create an ocean basin
• A fault line will form, and earthquakes will result

• North American Plate
• South American Plate
• African Plate
• Eurasian Plate

Which layer of Earth is broken up into giant moving plates?

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Inner Core 
• Outer Core

• African Plate
• South American Plate
• Eurasian Plate
• Pacific Plate