Plate Motion: Plate Boundaries

At a (a)   boundary, the plates are moving toward each other.

At this kind of boundary magma rises and adds new crust at the edges of the plates.

• mid-ocean ridge

• subduction zone

• rift

• convergent boundary

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Madagascar is an island off the coast of Africa that formed because of a

• rift

• convergence

• subduction

• mid-ocean ridge

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When two plates slide past each other what kind of boundary do they form?

(a)  

These two things are often seen at tectonic plate boundaries.

• volcanos

• earthquakes

• erosion

• hurricanes

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Mid-ocean ridges are ___________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subduction zone

When plates diverge at mid-ocean ridges or volcanos form at subduction zones, (a)   rises from the asthenosphere to the surface.

When two plates converge on land, they form_______.

• mountains

• rivers

• valleys

• lakes

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When subduction happens, which plate will go under the other plate?

• the denser one

• the less dense one

• the one with magma

• the one with mountains

When a plate that is subducting gets stuck and then moves suddenly, what two things can happen?

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• diches

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