Convergent and Transform Boundaries

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

• Mountains
• Rift
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift

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

The San Andreas fault in California is on this type of plate boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

The Andes Mountains are formed by this type of plate boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

What feature is formed by this boundary?

• Ocean trenches
• San Andreas fault
• Himalayan Mountains
• Lake Erie

What is happening at this boundary?

• Plates are subducting
• Mountains are building
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes form