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Where oceanic plates pull away from each other, which of the following will most likely to result?
Mid-oceanic Ridge
Ocean Basins
Sea Floor Spreading
All of these will result
Which of the following geologic events would most likely occur where two continental plates converge?
Tsunami
Mid-ocean ridges
Mountain Formation
Trench Formation
The interaction of tectonic plate boundaries is associated with which of the following events?
Hurricanes
Tropical Storms
Earthquakes
Tornados
Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Eurasian Plate?
A
B
C
D
At which type of plate boundary will a trench and volcanoes most likely form?
Where continental plates diverge, what land form will most likely result?
Mountain
Coral Reef
River
Rift Valley
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
Which of the labeled plates is the North American Plate?
Plate A
Plate B
Plate C
Plate D
Movement between the Pacific plate and the North American plate create the San Andreas Fault in California. What type of motion is occurring?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
The interaction of two plate boundaries can cause which of the following?
Hurricanes and tornados
Earthquakes and volcanoes
High winds and drought
Tsunamis and tropical storms
The starred regions both represent which of the following tectonic plates?
African Plate
South American Plate
Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
An image of the relative motion at a tectonic plate boundary is provided. What event will occur at the boundary shown?
Mountain Formation
Earthquake
Trench Formation
Volcanic Island Formation
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 form an ocean basin
A fault line will form and earthquakes will result
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
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
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Volcanic Eruptions
When two tectonic plates converge, the land above sea level in this area often generates –
mountain ranges
landslides
hurricanes
tsunamis
Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath the starred region?
North American Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Eurasian Plate
An image of tectonic plates is provided. Which region of the map represents the Antarctic Plate?
W
X
Y
Z
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