earth Science Plate Tectonics assignment
Which statement explains how convection currents affect the movement of plates?
Heat from Earth's interior causes currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the crust along with them
The image to the left shows Earth's major plates. A geologist is studying a plate boundary indicated by the arrow. Fill in the blank to complete the statement about the plate boundary.
This boundary is between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
Use the drop-down menus to identify the types of convergent boundaries.
a: oceanic - oceanic b: oceanic - Continental c: Continental - Continental
Use the drop-down menus to identify the labeled plates.
a: south American plate b: african plate c:indo-australian plate
The landform pictured here is most commonly formed at what type of plate boundary?
convergent boundary
The photo shows the San Andreas fault zone. This is a fault formed at a transform boundary. What would you expect to find along this fault?
earthquakes
Which landforms might you see at a divergent plate boundary? Check all that apply
mid-ocean ridge rift valley