Plate tectonics

Which geographic features form as a result of continental-continental convergent plates?

• rift valleys

• volcanic islands

• ocean trenches

• mountain ranges

Where are most volcanoes located?

• at divergent boundaries, transform boundaries, and hot spots

• at convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and hot spots

• at convergent boundaries, hot spots, and transform boundaries

• at divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries

Which type of lithosphere crust is more dense and therefore more likely to sink at a convergent plate boundary?

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

____________measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.

• Seismometer

• Magnitude

• Richter scale

• Intensity

What is the weak, slightly molten layer beneath the lithosphere called?

• geosphere

• upper and lower mantle

• asthenosphere

• stratosphere

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

What is a divergent boundary? 

• two plates moving towards each other
• two plates grinding/sliding past each other.
• two plates moving away from each other
• plates that don't move at all

What forms at the divergent boundary? 

• deep-ocean trench
• mid-ocean Ridge
• land ridge
• the Pacific Ocean