Which statements explain how lakes form? check all that apply. lava flows block a river. streams flow into shallow areas. groundwater feeds into low-lying areas. ice sheets leave depressions that fill with water. movement of earth’s crust creates low areas that fill with water.

Lava flows block a river.

Ice sheets leave depressions that fill with water.

Movement of Earth’s crust creates low areas that fill with water.

the correct answers are:

a - pacific plate;

it is the biggest oceanic tectonic plate. surrounded on all sides by continental tectonic plates, it is submerging and gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

b - north american plate;

huge continental plate, occupying big portion of the northern hemisphere.

c -eurasian plate;

alongside the north american plate, it is one of the two dominant continental plates in the northern hemisphere.

d - indian plate;

a small continental plate, that has been part of gondwanaland initially, but after the break up of it, moved towards northeast and pushed into the eurasian plate that was once part of laurasia.