Convergent Boundary

What are the two types of crust?

• Convergent and Divergent

• Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

• Continental and Oceanic

• Trench and Island Arc

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What happens at the boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?

• The two plates are moving

• Mountains develop on edge of the oceanic plate

• The continental plate slips under the oceanic plate

• The oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate

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Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at a subduction boundary?

• The oceanic crust is hotter

• The oceanic crust has a greater density

• The oceanic crust has a lighter density

• The oceanic crust has more magnetic composition

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What is/are formed when two oceanic plates collide? (Multiple answer)

• Trench

• Tsunami

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Mountain Ranges

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What will happen to the leading edge of the subducted denser plate?

• It will later reach the mantle, causing it to melt and turn into magma

• It will later reach the mantle and evaporate

• Volcanic arc will form

• It will generate a tsunami

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Subduction does not occur at which convergent plate boundary?

• Oceanic - Oceanic

• Oceanic - Continental

• Continental - Continental

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

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Based on the figure above, which of the following option is an example of a convergent plate boundary?

• South American Plate - African Plate

• North American Plate - Eurasian Plate

• Nazca Plate - South American Plate

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Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

• Two continental plates converging

• An earthquake in a subduction zone

• A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

• Movement at a transform fault boundary

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Volcanoes and Earthquakes typically occur _______________.

• along plate boundaries

• only under water

• only in hawaii

• where it is usually hot

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