Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, subducting

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divergent

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, submergent

Back

transform

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, strike slip

Back

convergent

Front

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary? Options: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains, Rift Valleys

Back

Earthquakes

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? Options: Volcano, Mountain, Rift, Island Arc

Back

Mountain

Front

A subduction zone is formed...

Back

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

Front

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other? Options: convergent, normal, divergent, transform

Back

divergent

Front

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

Back

plate boundary

Front

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries. Options: divergent, convergent, transform, submergent

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transform

Front

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

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convergent