How did Mt. McLoughlin form?

Juan de Fuca subducting under North American plate

What causes earthquakes?

When two tectonic plates interact

Who was Alfred Wegener?

A scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics

How are mountains formed?

When two continental plates collide

What landform will continue to develop between the Indian and Eurasian Plates? Why?

Mountain Ranges because plates are colliding

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Tectonic Plates

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1
How can a volcano change the Earth's surface?
Landslides and demolishes trees
Builds landforms out of lava
Builds islands
All answers are correct
2
What are tectonic plates?
Large pieces of crust
Large plates that surround Earth's core
Plates used in technology
Dinner Plates
3
When two plates collide what type of boundary is formed?
Subduction zone
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
4
What type of boundary runs through Iceland?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
San Andreas Fault
5
How did Mt. McLoughlin form?
The Pacific plates subducting under the North American Plate
A hot spot located under Bend, OR
Mrs. Thueson made it with her powers
Juan de Fuca subducting under North American plate
6
How are volcanoes formed?
All answers are correct
When plates separate
When plates subduct
Divergent boundaries
7
Describe what a divergent boundary is.
Where subduction occurs
When plates slide past one another
When two plates move apart
A movie
8
When two plates slide past each other in opposite directions what type of boundary is formed?
Divergent
Subduction Zone
Convergent
Transform Boundary
9
What causes earthquakes?
A bowl full o' chili
When two tectonic plates interact
Only convergent boundaries
Only divergent plate boundaries
10
What is formed in oceanic crust when two plates diverge?
Rift
Ridge
Valley
Ravine
11
What 3 things can form when two plates collide?
Trenches, mountains, ridges
subduction zones, rifts, valleys
Mountains, subduction zone, rifts
Volcanoes, Mountains, Trenches
12
Who was Alfred Wegener?
A scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics
A scientist who studied rocks in the rock cycle
Your mom
Lucy's husband
13
What is Mrs. Thueson's favorite type of music?
Classic Rock and Folk
Rap and R&B
Classical and Instrumental
Country
14
What is Mrs. Thueson's favorite cookie?
Cookies are gross
Peanut Butter Chocolate
White Chocolate Macademia Nut
Chocolate Chip
15
What is one piece of evidence that proves the theory that plates are moving?
Age of rocks at Mid Atlantic Ridge
All answers are correct
Continents seems to fit together
Fossil Evidence
16
What mountains here were formed as a result of the Juan de Fuca plate subducting?
Payne Cliffs
Hornbrook Formation
Western and High Cascades
Klamath Mountains
17
How do tectonic plates move?
Convection in the mantle
Little hamsters underneath Earth's crust
The ocean moves them
Earth is spinning and moving and moving plates
18
What is formed when two continental plates diverge?
Ravine
Rift
Valley
Ridge
19
Where is the most common place where earthquakes form?
At plate boundaries
Your backyard
Everywhere in the world
Japan
20
Name a famous transform boundary.
The Dwayne " The Rock" Johnson Ridge
San Andreas
The Grand Canyon
Mid Atlantic Ridge
21
How are mountains formed?
When two continental plates collide
Two plates diverge
Mr. Miracle made them.
A large giant made them in his sandbox
22
What landform will continue to develop between the Indian and Eurasian Plates? Why?
Subduction zone between oceanic and continental crust
Mountain Ranges because plates are colliding
A canyon
Trenches, because plates are diverging
23
What feature in the Rogue Valley formed after the Rogue River carved out valley sediment?
Pilot Rock
Roxy Ann
Mt. McLoughlin
Tablerocks

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