Plate Tectonics Topography Maps

Which statement best describes the geologic process that is most likely responsible for the formation of mountains?

• They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys.

• They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distance past, allowing new rock to build up.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rift valleys can from when fractures in Earth's crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

• Rift valleys from where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate

• Rift valleys form where a plate slides horizontally past another plate

• Rift valleys from where two plates move away from each other.

• Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A mid- ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America. Which statement best describes the relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are moth moving to the east.

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west

• The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east.

• The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west.

The map shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea. What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

• The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary

• The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

• Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.

• Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is formed when two continental plates collide?

• volcano
• mountain
• trench
• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the boundary where two plates are moving together?

• Transform
• Divergent
• Convergent

The East African Rift Valley lies at what type of boundary?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What boundary do plates move apart?

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent

What is the elevation of point B?

• 800 ft
• 850 ft
• 900 ft
• 1000 ft