Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Huge pieces of crust and rigid upper mantle that fit together at their edges to cover Earth's surface.

• Basalt

• Granite

• Islands

• Tectonic Plates

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Which are types of plate boundaries?

• divergent boundary

• transverse boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

What is a divergent boundary?

• a region where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other

• a region where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other

• a region where two tectonic plates are moving apart

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Which features are associated with divergent boundaries?

• rift valleys

• ocean ridges

• folded mountains

• faults

What is a long, narrow depression that forms when continental crust begins to separate?

• ocean ridge

• rift trench

• continental rift

• rift valley

What are huge pieces of crust and rigid upper mantle that fit together at their edges to cover Earth's surface?

• tectonic boundaries

• tectonic plates

• tectonic landmasses

A region where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other is called a

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

What process occurs when two plates collide and the denser plate eventually descends below the other, less-dense plate?

• subduction

• convection

• conduction

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Which factor affects how plates converge?

• shape of crustal material

• density of crustal material

• size of crustal material

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Which features are associated with divergent boundaries?

• folded mountains

• faults

• rift valleys

• ocean ridges

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