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Earth Science
Module 11
Structure and Evolution of Ocean
Basins and Movement of Plates

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STEM – EARTH SCIENCE
Quarter 2 - Module 11: Structure and Evolution of Ocean Basins and Movement of Plates
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 Senior High School

Earth Science
Module 11:
Structure and Evolution of Ocean
Basins and Movement of Plates
Introductory Message
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 Target

The Earth, as one of the few planets in the solar system, which has
important habitable characteristics, and life is possible. The prominent surface on
Earth had given rise to its unique characteristics as a planet. Additionally, the vital
formation of Earth's continental and oceanic crusts was equally astonishing. In
addition, Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift states that the Earth
originated from a supercontinent called Pangaea, where it stretched across multiple
continents. Likewise, tectonic plate theory is tangible evidence that supports the
existence of a viable progression towards the physical surface of the Earth. This
module will give you an overview of how the EARTH becomes a magnificent planet.
In the previous lesson, you have known and understood how rock behaves
under different types of stress such as compression, pulling apart, and shearing,
and an explanation on how seafloor spreads.
This module provides extensive information and activities to better
understand the formation of the earth's surface.

Most Essential Learning Competencies

After going through this module, you are expected to:
A. describe the structure and evolution of ocean basins (S11ES-IIf- 33); and
B. explain how the movement of plates leads to the formation of folds, faults,
trenches, volcanoes, rift valleys, and mountain ranges (S11ES-IIg-h-34).

Learning Objectives
At the end of the module, you are expected to:
A. define ocean basin;
B. identify the structures or topographical features associated with an ocean
basin;
C. cite an example of ocean basins;
D. enumerate the stages of evolution of ocean basins;
E. define folds, faults, trenches, volcanoes, rifts and mountain ranges; and
F. describe the movements of the plate.

Are you ready to see the BEAUTY of our planet from within? Appreciate the
grandeur of CHANGE and take the initiative in preserving and making the EARTH a
better place to LIVE.

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 Lesson
Structure and Evolution of Ocean
1 Ridges

Jumpstart

Activity 1: Pre-test
Direction: Read the questions below. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write
your answer on a separate paper.

1. How does an ocean basin form?

A. A continental plate is pulled apart and the spread of the seafloor creates
ocean.
B. All ocean basins were formed during the formation of the Earth's core.
C. The continental lithosphere becomes so dense that it collapses.
D. The heat of the Earth's mantle causes the continental crust.
2. What percentage of the Earth is covered by ocean?
A. 70% B. 50% C. 20% D. 43%
3. Where are ocean basins located?
A. below sea level B. beneath the mantle
C. above sea level D. above the core
4. What is the largest ocean?
A. Pacific Ocean B. Arctic Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean D. Indian Ocean
5. What is the process of the ocean floor sinking under a deep-sea trench and back
into the mantle?
A. continental drift B. plate tectonics
C. convection D. subduction
6. What is the supercontinent that existed when all continents were a piece of
land?
A. Pangaea B. Laurasia
C. Gondawana D. Eurasia
7. What do we call the soft, plastic like part of the mantle?
A. Asthenosphere B. Hydrosphere
C. Lithosphere D. Ionosphere
8. What is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?
A. Mantle Convection currents B. Oceanic Convection currents
[Link] Convection currents D. Continental Convection currents

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9. What is the movement of plate at the divergent boundary?
A. Plates move away from each other.
B. Plate moves towards each other.
C. Plate slides past each other.
D. Plates move up and down.
10. All of the following are plate boundary, EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. convergent plate boundary B. transform plate boundary
C. divergent plate boundary D. descending plate boundary

Activity 2: Tell Me More!

Direction: Figure 1 is an image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Pacific Services Center Earth. Look completely at
the picture and be ready to answer the guide questions listed. Write your
answer on a separate sheet. (Answers may vary.)

Figure 1. Earth’s Satellite View

Source: [Link]

Guide Questions:
Figure 1
1. What is the dominant physical feature on our planet?
2. Why the Earth is called a "blue planet?”
3. How important is water for the life of the Earth?
4. How did the earth form oceans?

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 Discover

Evolution of the Ocean Basins Through Plate Movements

Ocean basins have developed as plate tectonics continued and date back to 2
billion years ago. The break-up of the supercontinent Pangea, which began a little less
than 200 million years ago, has led to the formation of a huge landmass made up of
almost all of today's continents. The Atlantic Ocean has formed about 200 million
years ago when the Pangean continent began to separate. 180 million years ago, North
America separated from South America and Africa. North America then joined Eurasia
and created Laurasia. By 135 million years ago South America began to separate from
Africa. North America and Eurasia separated a few million years after. In addition, this
tectonic activity has led to the shrinking of the Pacific Basin at the expense of the
growth of the Atlantic and Arctic basins, with the opening of the Tethys Seaway
surrounding the globe in tropical latitudes and subsequent closure, and the opening of
the Southern Ocean, while the southern continents moved north, away from
Antarctica.
What is an ocean basin?
- It is a depression of the earth's surface in which an ocean lies. It is one of many
vast underwater regions that together cover almost three quarters of the earth's
surface.
- Together, it contains the vast majority of all the water on the planet and has an
average depth of nearly 4 km (about 2.5 miles).
- Ocean basins vary in size, shape, and characteristics due to the movement
of the earth's crust (lithosphere).

What are the main types of tectonic activity that shape ocean basins?
 Seafloor spreading (figure 2) - the formation of new areas of oceanic crust,
which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its
subsequent outward movement on either side.
e.g. Atlantic Basin

Figure 2. Sea floor spreading

Source: [Link]

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 Subduction (figure 3) – is the process that destroys the lithosphere. An oceanic
plate can descend beneath another oceanic plate- Japan, Indonesia and
Aleutian Islands are examples of this type of subduction

 Subduction zones - are marked by a deep sea trench where the lithosphere
bends downward- and a parallel chain of volcanoes

Figure 3. Subduction

Source: [Link]

An image comes from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings and
U.S. Geological Survey digital elevation maps (DEM) of the Earth's land surface
that displays the topography of the Earth's terrestrial land surface and ocean
basins.

Figure 4. Earth’s Land Surface

Source: [Link]

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What are the major and smaller ocean basins?
Major ocean basins, coordinating with the major oceans of the world: the
Pacific basin, the Atlantic basin, the Indian basin, the Arctic basin, and the
Southern basin.
Smaller basins are often considered oceanic basins, such as the North
Aleutian Basin, between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Structural or topographic features associated with the ocean basin

 The red area that borders the various landmasses is the continental shelf.
This feature is structurally part of the continental landmasses despite the fact
that it is under water.
 The yellow to green zone around the continental shelf is the continental
slope and continental rise.
 The blue region in the various ocean basins constitutes the ocean floor. In the
center of ocean basins, the mid-oceanic ridges can be seen with a color
ranging from green to yellow to orange.

Figure 5. Structural or topographic features associated with the ocean basin

Source: [Link]

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The Wilson Cycle explains the process of the opening (beginning) and the closing (end)
of an ocean.

 The processes, is driven by Plate Tectonics. A simple explanation of the Wilson

cycle includes two phases, the Opening phase and a Closing phase, explained
below in Stage A to F (figure 6). The Wilson cycle, is named after the Canadian
geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993).
 The Wilson cycle is divided into 6 stages: (1) Embryonic Ocean Basin, (2)
Juvenile Ocean Basin, (3). Mature Ocean Basin, (4) Declining Ocean Basin, (5)
Terminal Ocean Basin and (6) Suturing (Continental collision).

Figure 6. Wilson Cycle, Stages of Ocean Basin

Source: [Link]

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 Explore

Enrichment Activity 1: Simple Recall!

Direction: Read each question carefully. See the answer using Figures 3-6 given. Write
your answer on a separate sheet.
1. Name four (4) major ocean basins coordinating with the major oceans?
2. Name two (2) tectonic activities that shape ocean basins?
3. Name four (4) topographic features associated with the ocean basin?

Enrichment Activity 2: You Complete me!

Direction: Complete the paragraph by choosing the correct word in the box. Write your
answer on a separate sheet.

Atlantic Ocean below sea level blue planet

ocean basins Pacific Ocean seafloor spreading

Earth is also referred as (1) _________________. It has vast formation of (2)

_______________. Ocean basins is said to be (3) ________________. One of the oldest and
biggest ocean basin is the (4) ________________. The formation of ocean basin is mainly
because of the two tectonic process of (5) ______________ and subduction.

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 Deepen

Performance Task: PUT It Into ACTION!

To enrich your understanding of the structure and evolution of ocean
basins. You are tasked to do the following activity. You are going to draw the
evolution of the ocean basins. Your output will be graded using the attached
rubric.

What you need:

Bond paper, pencil and art materials (if available) What you have to do?

Procedure:
1. Study the stages of the evolution of ocean basins in Figure 6.
2. Creatively draw and present the evolution stages of the ocean basins using
the above-mentioned materials.
3. Your output will be graded using the attached rubric below.

Category EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR

(4 points) (3 points) (2 points) (1 point)

The output The output is

Content The output is The output is
exceeds the somewhat
(X 2) complete incomplete
expectations complete
The output The output The output
The output is
Correctness contains has several contains
free from errors
minimal errors errors many error
The output The output The output The output
contains all the contains all the contains all contains
Completeness
parts are more parts are the parts are some the
of the Output
specified specified not clearly parts are not
specified specified
Graphic and
Overall Very
Outstanding Satisfactory Poor
Presentation Satisfactory

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 Movement of Plates Lead to the
Lesson
Formation of Folds, Faults, Trenches,
2 Volcanoes, Rift Valleys, and Mountain
Ranges

Jumpstart

Activity 1: Take a TOUR!

Direction: Figure 7 is an image of the transition of the Earth surface over time. Look
completely at the picture and be ready to answer the guide questions listed.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. (Answers may vary.)

Figure 7. Transition of the Earth’s Surface Overtime

Source: [Link]

Guide Questions:

For Figure 7
1. What does figure 7 represent?

2. Do you agree in the picture that our planet was once made up of a supercontinent?
Cite evidences to support your answer.

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 Discover

CHANGE is truly inevitable. Earth is a planet defined by change, going

throughout periods of intense heat and freezing, which have led to the formation
oceans and continents that are reshaped by the actions of plate tectonics. It looked
very different from 250 million years ago, from a single continent called Pangaea and
one ocean called Panthalassa.
As the mantle warmed and cooled throughout time the outer crust erupted and
plate movement began that continues today. At present, there are seven major
continents. The physical boundaries in the continental and oceanic crusts gradually
form. Let's take a look at the EARTH milestone.

Figure 8. Earth’s Layer

Source: [Link]

Key Points!

 There are two types of lithosphere: oceanic lithosphere and continental

lithosphere.
 Oceanic lithosphere is associated with oceanic crust, and is slightly denser
than continental lithosphere.

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Do You Know That?
 ​ ​ Tectonic Plates are broken pieces; they are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
found in the Earth’s Lithosphere. Earth is covered in about a dozen major
tectonic plates. Their movement causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Major tectonic plates are shown in figure 9.

Figure 9. Earth’s Major Tectonic Plates

Source: [Link]
tectonics

 Tectonic Plate activity plays a vital role in the GEOLOGIC changes in the EARTH
that occurs in the LITHOSPHERE. How?

How Plates Move?

- When mantle convection drives plate tectonics. The hot material rises over mid-
ocean ridges and sinks into deep trenches, which keeps the plates moving along
the Earth's surface.

Figure 10. Mantle Convection Process

Source: [Link]

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Plate Boundary/Margin
 The term margin is used to demarcate the end of a plate.
 The term boundary is used to demarcate,
the meeting/divergence/sliding place of 2 or more plates.
 A single plate can have a margin, but not a boundary.

Figure 11. Types of Plate Boundary

Source: [Link]

What is the RESULT of tectonic plate activity when it occurs within the different
boundaries of the plate in the CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE?

1. Divergent Plate Boundary also known as Constructive Plate Boundary

Plates move apart or away
from one another. The magma from
the mantle rises up to make (or
construct) new crust.
EARTHQUAKES occurs when
plates move over the mantle.
Landforms at a divergent plate
boundary which include the following:
(a) Mid-Ocean Ridges;
(b) Rift Valleys; and
(c) Shield Volcanoes.

Figure 12. Divergent Plate Boundary

Source: [Link]
between-plate-margins-and-plate-boundaries

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 Figure 13. Examples Mid- Ocean Ridges
a) Iceland is the one location where the ridge is located on land: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
separates the North American and Eurasian plates; (b) the rift valley in the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge on Iceland

Source: [Link]

The Arabian, Indian, and African

plates are drifting apart, forming the
Great Rift Valley in Africa. The Dead
Sea fills the rift with seawater. (See
figure 14)

Figure 14. Example of Rift Valley Formation

Source: [Link]

A shield volcano is a type of

volcano usually composed almost
entirely of fluid lava flows. Many of
the largest volcanoes on Earth are
shield volcanoes.
 The largest is Mauna Loa on the Big
Island of Hawaii and all the volcanoes in
the Hawaiian Islands are shield
volcanoes (See figure 15)

Figure 15. Example of Shield Volcano

Formation
Source: [Link]
biggest-shield-volcano-on-Earth

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 WORD POWER!
 What is a Mid- Ocean Ridge?
o an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics
 What is a Rift Valley?
o a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move
apart
 What is a shield volcano?
o A broad domed volcano with gently sloping sides, characteristic of
the eruption of fluid, basaltic lava.
o e.g. Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii

2. Convergent plate boundary also known as a Destructive Plate Boundary

- usually involves an oceanic plate and a continental plate
- The plates move towards one another and this movement can cause
EARTHQUAKES and VOLCANOES. (See figure 16)
- Subduction occurs when the plates collide; the oceanic plate is forced beneath the
continental plate which formed an
OCEAN TRENCH. (See figure 17 for
example.)
- This happens because the oceanic
plate is denser (heavier) than the
continental plate.
- When the plate sinks into the mantle
it melts to form magma.
- The pressure of the magma builds
up beneath the Earth's surface.
- The magma escapes through
weaknesses in the rock and rises up
through a composite volcano, also
known as a STRATOVOLCANO (See
figure 18 a & b for example).
- The volcanic eruptions are often
violent, with lots of steam, gas and
ash.
- FOLD MOUNTAINS (See figure 19 a
& b for example) is formed when two
continental plates collide, neither can
sink and so the land buckles upwards.
Figure 16. Convergent Plate Boundary
Source: [Link]

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 This is called a collision
boundary. Earthquakes can occur at
collision boundaries.

The Mariana’s Trench sits like a

crescent-shaped dent in the floor of
the Pacific Ocean, extending over
1500 miles long with an average
width around 43 miles and a depth of
almost 7 miles (or just under 36,201
feet)
According to National
Geographic, if you were to put Mount
Everest (See figure 16) at the bottom
of the Mariana Trench, its peak would
still sit around 7,000 feet below sea
level.
Figure 17. Mariana’ Trench
Source: [Link]

(a)

(a) (b)

Figure 18. Examples of Stratovolcano Formation

(a) Mt Pinatubo (Zambales, Central Luzon); (b) Krakatoa Volcano (Anak Krakatau,
Lampung Indonesia

Source: [Link] Source:

earthquakes-detected-in-mt-pinatubo/ [Link]
island-port-5480

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 (a) (b)

Figure 19. Examples of Fold Mountains

(a) Cuernos del Paine in Chile is part of the Andes Mountain range: (b)
Kanchenjungha, the third highest mountain peak in the world, is one of the
crowning glories of the Himalayas.
Source: [Link] Source:
/64571-andes-mountains-plate- [Link]
[Link] planetary-sciences/himalayas

WORD POWER!
 What is an Ocean Trench?
o a long, narrow depression on the seafloor
Gauge
e.g: Philippine Trench, Tonga Trench, the South Sandwich Trench, the
Eurasian Basin and Malloy Deep, the Diamantina Trench, the Puerto
Rican Trench, and the Marianas Trench
 What is a Stratovolcano?
o a tall, conical volcano composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra,
and volcanic ash
e.g: Krakatoa in Indonesia and Mt. Pinatubo
 What is a Fold Mountain?
o a wave-like geologic structure that forms when rocks deform
o e.g: Himalayas mountains, The Andes, and the Alps

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3. Transform Boundary or Conservative Plate Boundaries
- Plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction
but at different speeds. (See figure 20)
- A smaller number of transform FAULTS cut continental lithosphere.

Figure 20. Transform Plate Boundary

Source: [Link]

(a) (b)

Figure 21. Examples of Fault Formation

(a) San Andres Fault of Western North America; (b) Alpine Fault of New Zealand
Source: Source:
[Link] [Link]
andreas-fault 23/alpine-fault-spreads-across-south-
island-researchers-say

WORD POWER!
 What is a FAULT?
o a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

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 Explore

Enrichment Activity 1: Vocabulary ALERT!

Direction: Read carefully the given descriptions in Column B. Identify the correct
word/term that it defined by organizing the jumbled words. Write your
answer on a separate sheet.

Column A Column B
1. OFSDL - a wave-like geologic structure that forms when
rocks deform
2. UTFLSA - fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of
rock.
3. TRASOTOLVANCO - A tall, conical volcano composed of one layer of
hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash
4. TRIF VELAYLS - lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic
plates move apart
5. IMD OEANC RDIGE - underwater mountain range, formed by plate
tectonics
6. RNECSTHE - -are long, narrow depressions on the seafloor.
7. TLAPE OBNUDRYA - the location where two plates meet
8. CGNERNOVTE - plates move towards one another
9. ITGEVNERD - plates move apart or away from one another
10. NRTMFAORS - plates slide past each other in opposite directions

Enrichment Activity 2: Check for UNDERSTANDING!

Direction: Read each statement carefully. Write T if the statement expresses a TRUE
statement and F if the statement expresses a FALSE statement. Use a
separate sheet to write down your answer.

1. The activity of tectonic plates has a significant effect on the geological change of
our planet.
2. The transform boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other.
3. San Andres fault is an example of a mid-ocean ridge.
4. Fold Mountains are created when two continental plates collide, neither can
sink and so the land buckles upwards.
5. Seafloor spreading and subduction are the two main tectonic activities that lead
to ocean basin formation.

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 Deepen

Study the lyrics of the song, A WHOLE NEW WORLD from the movie, Alladin.
Prepare to reflect on the song and be ready to answer the guide's questions. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper (Answers may vary).

A Whole New World (From "Aladdin")

Sources: [Link]
[Link] lyrics chords/a_whole_new_world-
aladdin_ly.htm

I can show you the world

Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us, "No"
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
(Now I'm in a whole new world with you)
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world (don't you dare close your eyes)
A hundred thousand things to see (hold your breath, it gets better)
I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
With new horizons to pursue
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

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 A whole new world (a whole new world)
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us, "No"
Or where to go
A whole new world (every turn, a surprise)
With new horizons to pursue (every moment, red-letter)
I'll chase them anywhere, there's time to spare
And then we're home (there's time to spare)
Let me share this whole new world with you
A whole new world (a whole new world)
That's where we'll be (that's where we'll be)
A thrilling chase (a wondrous place)
For you and me

Guide Questions:
1. Which lines in the lyrics relate to the lesson?
2. What is the song's message?
3. Name adjectives describing the characteristics of the earth from the lyrics?
4. What is your understanding of this lesson?
5. Enumerate at least three (3) land or ocean formations as a result of the plate
movements?
6. Suggest ways to preserve Earth's diverse surface formation?
7. Do you think that our planet exists with the evolution of time, leading to a
"NEW WORLD"?

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 Gauge

Direction: Read each statement/question carefully. Choose the best answer. Write
your answer on a separate sheet.
*For Numbers 1-5. Choose from the given choices at which stage of the ocean basins
evolution are the following examples of ocean basins formation can be best categorized.

A. declining B. embryonic C. juvenile

D. mature E. suturing F. terminal

1. East African Rift Valleys

2. Pacific Ocean
3. Mediterranean Sea
4. Red Sea
5. Atlantic Ocean and Arctic
6. The Wilson cycle of the evolution of the ocean basin is named after a scientist. Who
is he?
A. J. Tuzo Wilson B. T. Lazo Wilson
C. M. Tazo Wilson D. R. Taza Wilson
7. Which of the following are the broken pieces and are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
found in the Earth’s Lithosphere?
A. tectonic plates B. plate margin
C. plate boundary D. continental margin
8. What plate boundary where plates move away from each other?
A. divergent B. transform
C. convergent D. lift
9. How do the plates move at a transform boundary?
A. toward each other B. away from each other
C. past each other D. do not move
10. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a fault line like the San
Andreas Fault in California?
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary
C. convergent boundary D. lift boundary
11 What kind of plate boundary causes sea floor spreading like the one causing the
Atlantic Ocean to widen?
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary
C. convergent boundary D. lift boundary
12. All of the following examples are movement of plates under the convergent boundary,
EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. fault B. fold mountain
C. stratovolcano D. trench

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13. All of the following examples are movement of plates under the divergent
boundary, EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. rift valleys B. shield volcano
C. mid-ocean ridges D. fold Mountains
14. What are the two main tectonic activities that lead to the formation of an ocean
basin?
A. typhoon and earthquake B. volcanism and erosion
C. evaporation and condensation D. seafloor spreading and subduction
15. Which of the following best defines ocean basin?
A. depression of the earth's surface in which an ocean lies
B. boundary zone between the continental shelf and slope
C. a large circular depression in a volcano
D. Earth's outer most layer of solid rock

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Answer Key

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Petersen, James, Robert Gabler, Dorothy Sack, Mike Seeds, Dana Backman,
Donald Hyndman, Davin Hyndman: Earth and Life Science. 14th ed.
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