Welcome to The PLATE TECTONICS Game 1 point

Welcome to…. The PLATE TECTONICS Game.

[1 point] What causes the movement of plates? (A) Convection Currents in the Asthenosphere (B) Convection Currents in the Lithosphere (C) Convection Currents in the Core (D) Convection Currents in the Air

[2 points] Name any two tectonic plates.

[2 points] What is the difference between plate and plate boundaries?

[1 point] Which of the following is most likely to occur at X? X At X. (A) Rift Valley (B) Fold Mountain Range (C) Ocean Trench (D) Oceanic Ridge

[1 point] What kind of plate boundaries would you find at location Y on the map? (A) Constructive Boundaries (B) Destructive Boundaries (C) Conservative Boundaries (D) Uncertain plate Boundaries Y

[2 points] What is the spot where one plate moves under the other and gets destroyed called? Su _b _d _u _ c_ t_ i_o_n_ ZZ o_ n_ e_

[1 point] The shaded areas on the map show the location of (A) Seafloor spreading (B) Fold mountains (C) Earthquakes (D) Volcanic Activity

[1 point] The San Andreas Fault in Southern California is located where (A) Two plates are moving towards each other (B) Two plates are moving away from each other (C) Two plates are moving alongside each other (D) One plate is being subducted under another plate

[4 points] Briefly describe, with the aid of a diagram, how volcanoes are formed.

[1 point] When an oceanic and continental plate meet, it is known as a (A) Constructive margin (C) Destructive margin (B) Conservative margin (D) Varied margin

[1 point] This picture shows a (A) Syncline (C) Antisyncline (B) Anticline (D) Foldlicline

[2 points] Large scale folding will lead to formation of Fold Mountains. True or False? If true, why is it so? Also, name a fold mountain. If false, what does large scale folding form?

[2 points] Large scale folding will lead to formation of Fold Mountains. Bagley Glacier and Icy Bay, Alaska

[1 point] Normal Faults are caused by (A) Tensional Forces (B) Compressional Forces

formed in during 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada earthquake Fault scarp

[1 point] I am. . - from Hawkes Bay, NZ - also known as a horst. - formed when earth’s crust is being stretched and extended by tensional forces. What am I? A Block Mountain! Hello!

[1 point] What is the feature marked A on the cross-section of the landform shown below? A (A) A depression (C) A plateau (B) A horst (D) A rift valley

[1 point] Below are four statements describing what happens when a composite volcano erupts. (I) Loud explosion as volcano erupts (II) Ash, lava bombs and cinders blast out of the volcano (III) Volcano gently rumbles and steams (IV) Lava pours down the slope of the volcano The correct order: (A) I, III, IV (B) I, IV, III (C) III, I, IV (D) II, I, IV, III

[4 points] Briefly describe, with the aid of a diagram, how an oceanic ridge is formed.

[4 points] Predict what may occur/form at A. Reason? A

[4 points] Why are there no volcanoes in the Himalayan mountain range?