Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Study this image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A rift valley is forming.

Question 2

Which describes the boundary where earthquake activity occurs along rift valleys?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

divergent boundary on land

Question 3

Study this image.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 4

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

island chain

Question 5

Which statement describes transform boundaries?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Faults form in the lithosphere.

Question 6

Where is a divergent boundary most likely to be found?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

in the ocean where plates move away from each other

Question 7

Sometimes earthquakes occur at a boundary between the Indian and Eurasian Plates. The collisions of these two continental plates formed the Himalayan mountain range.Based on this information, which type of boundary exists between the Indian and Eurasian Plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continental-continental convergent

Question 8

Many earthquakes occur near mid-ocean ridges but do not destroy or form new crust. Instead, plates slip past each other. Which kind of boundary is found at these earthquake locations?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

transform boundary between two ocean plates

Question 9

Study the image of a plate boundary.

Question 10

Study this map of the world.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian

Plate Tectonics Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS