3.10.W - Quiz: Collision of the Plates Lab Review

Question 1

Application
Young-Earth Creationists believe that the movement of the tectonic plates during Noah’s Flood contributed to the massive catastrophes and rapidly changing landscape that occurred throughout the flood and in the time following. Psalm 104:8, in speaking about the time of the flood, says, “The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.” Genesis 7:11 records that, at the beginning of the flood, “…all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.” The geologic activity described in these verses certainly coincides with rapidly moving tectonic plates!

Look around where you live and describe how the flood might have affected the landscape that you see around you. Do you see mountains, and can you name the plates that made them, or do you see valleys that were eroded by floodwaters. Write 3 to 4 sentences explaining what you see and how the flood could have shaped it.

Answer 1

Your Answer:
I live in Near the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina. The collision of the North American plate and the African plate led to the formation of these mountains. Different types of rocks are found throughout the state caused by the movement of the earth’s crust because of the tectonic process. However, the state is not currently located on any plate boundaries.

Question 2

What type of boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American plate?
transform
convergent
rifting plate
divergent

Answer 2

convergent

Question 3

What type of boundary occurs between the North American Plate and the African plate?
Correct!
divergent
convergent
transform
rifting plate

Answer 3

divergent

Question 4

Transform boundaries mostly surround the Scotia Plate. Which direction is the Scotia plate moving compared to the South American plate?
away from each other
past each other
toward each other
up from each other

Answer 4

past each other

Question 5

At a convergent plate boundary where the oceanic crust and continental crust collide, the oceanic crust is _____________below the continental crust. This occurs between the Juan de Fuca and____________

Answer 5

Answer 1:
Correct!
subducted
Answer 2:
Correct!
North American Plate

Question 6

What landform is created by a divergent plate boundary?
ridge
mountains
trees
river

Answer 6

ridge

Question 7

Which of these geologic events is most closely associated with a transform plate boundary:
Earthquake
Mountain building
Volcanic eruption
Sea Floor Spreading

Answer 7

Earthquake

Question 8

Which of these geologic events is most closely associated with a convergent plate boundary between two continental plates?
Earthquake
Mountain building
Volcanic eruption
Seafloor spreading

Answer 8

Mountain building

Question 9

Between which two plates would you find a ridge and seafloor spreading occurring?
Pacific – Philippine plates
Juan de Fuca – North American plates
North American – African plates
Indian – Arabian plates

Answer 9

North American – African plates