Plate Boundaries

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

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transform

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

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Earthquakes

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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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

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Mountain

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A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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Action at the convergent boundary when one tectonic plate is pushed below another is called...

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Subduction

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When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called?

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a trench

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Creates new ocean floor: Options: Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Divergent

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Moves away from:

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Divergent

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Which type of plate boundary has rift valleys?

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Divergent