Form 12: Landforms from Tectonic Activity
Discover how ongoing plate tectonic processes construct various geological landforms across the Earth's surface.
Questions
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How are fold mountains formed?
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What feature forms where two oceanic plates collide and subduct?
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The Himalayas were formed when the Indian plate collided with the ____ plate millions of ____ ago.
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What mountain range forms under the ocean along a divergent boundary?
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What is the deepest ocean trench on planet Earth?
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Mid-ocean ridges are vast underwater ____ chains formed as plates pull ____
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How were the Hawaiian Islands created in the middle of the Pacific Plate?
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Which major mountain range along South America was built by subduction?
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Subduction zones create deep ocean ____ where one plate sinks under ____
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What low valley forms when land breaks apart at a continental divergent boundary?
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What term describes a stationary plume of hot magma beneath a moving plate?
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Earth's surface landforms are continuously reshaped by moving tectonic ____ and volcanic ____