Plate Boundary

Plate Boundaries

Convergent, Divergent, Transform

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It refers to the belief that the earth is subdivided into numerous slabs that are floating in the Earth’s mantle.

• Plate Boundaries

• Plate Movements

• Plate Tectonics

• Plate Convergence

Multiple Choice

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with ____.

• a transform boundary
• hot spots
• convergent boundaries
• divergent boundaries

Multiple Choice

Continental volcanic arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?

• oceanic-continental convergent
• oceanic-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental convergent
• transform

Multiple Choice

The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• continental-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental convergent
• oceanic-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental divergent

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A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a ____.

• volcanic island arc
• continental volcanic arc
• earthquake
• ocean ridges (seafloor spreading)

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

• convergent 
• transform
• divergent

Multiple Choice

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry

• Pangaea

• Wegenerland

• Eurasia

Multiple Choice

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry

• Pangaea

• Wegenerland

• Eurasia

Multiple Choice

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip