Lab: Plate Boundaries and Movement

Question 1

How did the convection model show how Earth’s mantle moves Earth’s plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The water carried the pieces of paper to the sides of the container.

Question 2

Convergent boundary✔ Divergent boundaryTransform boundary

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Divergent boundary

Question 3

✔ Convergent boundaryDivergent boundaryTransform boundary

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 4

In what type of plate boundary did volcanoes form? [___]

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 5

In what type of plate boundary did a river change its path? [___]

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

Question 6

convection currentsheat from Earth’s core✔ Earth's platesplate boundaries

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Earth's plates

Question 7

✔ convection currentsheat from Earth's coreEarth's platesplate boundaries

Revolt · Accepted Answer

convection currents

Question 8

convection currents✔ heat from Earth's coreEarth's platesplate boundaries

Revolt · Accepted Answer

heat from Earth's core

Question 9

✔ Convergent boundaryDivergent boundaryTransform boundary

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 10

Which events most likely occurred at the boundary between the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

destruction of crust; formation of a trench; subduction of one plate

Lab: Plate Boundaries and Movement Answers