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- 1. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate is a transform boundary. What event is likely to occur at this boundary?Mountain formationEarthquakesHurricanesVolcanic eruptions - 2. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe San Andreas Fault in California is a result of movement between the Pacific and the N. American plates. Name of this plate movement is _______?ConvergentDivergentTransformSubduction
- 3. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat is subduction?It's when plates collide and form mountains.It's when plates pull apart and make new crust.It's when plates slide past each other, destroying the crust.It's when plates collide and the denser sinks below the less dense plate.
- 4. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhich layer is broken into pieces called plates?AsthenosphereCrustLithosphereMantle
- 5. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhich layer is "squishy" allowing the plates to float on top of it?mantleAtmosphereLithosphereMesosphere
- 6. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat causes the plates to move?Ocean TidesEarthquakesSubduction of plates convergingConvection currents within the mantle
- 7. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhere do most geological events happen?In the Pacific OceanOn larger continentsAlong the plate boundariesAt the North and South Poles
- 8. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhich of the following geologic events would most likely occur where two continental plates converge?TsunamiEarthquakeMountain formationTrench formation
- 9. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhere tectonic plates pull away from each other, which of the following geologic land forms is most likely to form?RidgePlateauMountainBeach
- 10. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat land form will most likely occur at a divergent plate boundary?The plates will form a mountain chainOne plate will subduct under the otherThe plates will create a mid ocean ridgeA fault line will form, and earthquakes will result
- 11. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhen an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, which geological event will occur?A rift valleyA plateauSea floor spreadingSubduction and volcanos
