Which of the following statements concerning the diagram is TRUE?

The white dots are earthquake locations

Which BEST describes the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?

They have been moving for millions of years and are still moving

What drives tectonic plate movement?

All of these drive plate movement

The boundary between the ____ is likely to be characterized by the highest mountains.

Eurasian plate and Indian plate

New ocean crust is forming at the boundary between the ____.

North American plate and Eurasian plate

The Ring of Fire is located along the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Why are there so many volcanoes there?

Because there are many subduction zones along the edges of Pacific Plate.

Large mountain chains are a feature that is commonly associated with which type of plate boundary?

Convergent boundary where 2 continental plates are colliding.

Mountain ranges located on the sea floor often ______

are longer than mountain ranges on continents

Many earthquakes occur in the middle of oceans because that is where ____.

many plate boundaries are found

Which plate boundary is a convergent plate boundary?

Pacific plate and Australian plate

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1
Which of the following statements concerning the diagram is TRUE?
It shows a continental plate subducting under another continental plate
It shows a transform boundary where two plates are subducting
The white dots are earthquake locations
The sea level is rising because the plates are colliding.
2
The San Andreas Fault is a _______________________ plate boundary.
convergent
transform
divergent
3
Point A is a ________________ boundary.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
4
Which BEST describes the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?
They have been moving for millions of years and are still moving
They moved for millions of years in the past but have now stopped
They did not move for millions of years but are now moving
They have never moved
5
Subduction zones occur along ____
in the middle of plates, above hot spots.
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries.
transform boundaries
6
Which types of plate boundary are associated with volcanic activity on the seafloor?1.hot spot 2.divergent 3.convergent
1 and 3
1, 2, and 3
1 and 2
2 and 3
7
A transform boundary occurs where two lithospheric plates ______.
are moving toward each other
are moving at a higher rate than normal
are moving apart
are sliding past each other
8
What drives tectonic plate movement?
All of these drive plate movement
convection cells in the mantle
Heat from the decay of radioactive isotopes
Heat “left over” from the formation of the planet
9
The boundary between the ____ is likely to be characterized by the highest mountains.
South American Plate and African Plate
Pacific plate and Australian plate
Nazca plate and South American plate
Eurasian plate and Indian plate
10
New ocean crust is forming at the boundary between the ____.
Pacific plate and Australian plate
South American plate and Nazca plate
North American plate and Eurasian plate
Pacific plate and North American plate
11
The Ring of Fire is located along the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Why are there so many volcanoes there?
Because the climate is very warm in this area of the world.
Because plates are splitting and moving apart on the edges of Pacific Ocean
Because there are a lot of earthquakes.
Because there are many subduction zones along the edges of Pacific Plate.
12
Large mountain chains are a feature that is commonly associated with which type of plate boundary?
Convergent boundary where 2 continental plates are colliding.
Divergent boundary where 2 oceanic plates are diverging.
Convergent boundary where 2 oceanic plates are colliding
Transform boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other
13
Mountain ranges located on the sea floor often ______
are longer than mountain ranges on continents
have a much higher elevation than mountain ranges on continents
don't exist
are found in the middle of tectonic plates
14
Many earthquakes occur ____.
Along the west coast of South America
Along plate boundaries.
At all these locations
Along the west coast of North America
15
Many earthquakes occur in the middle of oceans because that is where ____.
the ocean floor is the lowest elevation
the rocks are wettest and easiest to break
the biggest ocean waves are found
many plate boundaries are found
16
Which plate boundary is a convergent plate boundary?
Pacific plate and Nazca plate
Pacific plate and Australian plate
Pacific plate and Antarctic plate
17
New ocean floor is being created near the _____________.
north and south poles
middle of the ocean
edges of the continents
deep ocean trenches
18
At which location in the figure below would earthquakes be LEAST likely to occur?
2
3
1
4
19
Most oceanic crust is ____ than most continental crust.
denser
older
thicker
20
In a divergent boundary, the plates ______________ each other.
slide past
move away from
move towards
21
When two oceanic plates are moving toward each other, which of the following typically happens?
An island arc forms.
An ocean trench forms.
The older, denser plate dives beneath the younger, less dense plate.
All of these happen.
22
In a transform boundary, the plates ______________ each other.
slide past
move towards
move away from

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