Plate Boundaries Review

Front

Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundary? convergent, divergent, thrust, transform

Back

thrust

Front

A subduction zone is formed _______.
Options: when one tectonic plate sinks below another, at every type of divergent plate boundary, at transform boundaries, within Earth's core

Back

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

Front

Using the map as a resource, which area of the continental United States is MOST LIKELY to have volcanic and earthquake activity? Options: West Coast, East Coast, Northern Border, Center

Back

West Coast

Front

Which type of boundary is formed when two plates slide past each other?

Back

transform

Front

Where are earthquakes MOST LIKELY to occur?

Back

along the boundaries of tectonic plates

Front

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by ___.

Back

convection currents in Earth's mantle

Front

The Mariana Trench, where the Pacific Plate moves beneath the edge of the Eurasian Plate, is the deepest sea floor in the world. These ocean trenches form when two oceanic plates collide ____. Options: and the older, denser plate sinks under the younger, less dense plate, and the younger, less dense plate sinks under the older, denser plate, and the plates are about the same age and density, and gravity causes the crust to sink

Back

and the older, denser plate sinks under the younger, less dense plate

Front

What occurs at ALL three types of plate boundaries? Options: mountains, rift valleys, volcanoes, earthquakes

Back

earthquakes

Front

At which type of boundary could you find a mid-ocean ridge?

Back

divergent

Front

At which type of boundary could you find a volcano? Options: divergent, convergent, transform

Back

convergent