Plate Tectonics Test Review

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are moving towards each other or colliding?

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Convergent Boundary

Front

The _____________________ is the crust and solid part of the upper mantle that is broken into large pieces.

Back

lithosphere

Front

Why are the Hawaiian Islands younger on the eastern end than on the western end of the chain?

Back

An ocean plate is moving northwest across a hot spot.

Front

Which area is likely the oldest crust in a plate tectonics diagram?

Back

Area 1

Front

What is the most likely result of the movement of two continental plates?

Back

The formation of mountains because the plates will fold and crumple.

Front

What is a Divergent Boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.

Front

What is a Transform Boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where two plates slide past one another.

Front

What is the Asthenosphere?

Back

The semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows for the movement of tectonic plates.

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a Convergent Boundary?

Back

Mountains, trenches, and volcanic arcs.

Front

What is the process of subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.