Types of Plate Boundaries

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

Which of the following statements is false?

• Oceanic crust is made of basalt
• Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust

Which of the following statements is false?

• Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust
• Continental crust is younger than oceanic crust
• Continental crust is made of granite
• Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed near by

• Mountain
• Island Arc
• Rift
• Volcano

Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transorm
• submergent

A deep crack in the Earth's crust is called a _______________.

• canyon
• trench
• fault
• plate

Earthquakes typically occur _________________.

• In the middle of tectonic plates
• only in California
• only in the middle of the ocean
• along plate boundaries

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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

• fault
• plate boundary
• plate edge
• ring of fire