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Which feature is modeled in the diagram?

• A convergent boundary is formed.

• Two plates are forming a divergent boundary.

• Continental plates are sliding past each other.

• Several mid-ocean ridges are formed on Earth’s surface.

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Which phrase describes this plate boundary?

• does not occur in oceans

• may form rift valleys

• is a type of convergent boundary

• is a region where earthquakes occur

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In which two places do divergent boundaries occur?

• land and oceans

• oceans and volcanoes

• volcanoes and lower mantle

• lower mantle and land

Use the earthquake distribution map and what you know about boundaries to answer the question.

Studies have shown that there is a relationship between the type and location of boundaries and the distribution and depth of earthquakes along or near these boundaries. Many earthquakes, shown in the map as wide bands, occur along convergent areas. These areas experience varying depths of earthquakes.

Where would oceanic-oceanic convergence most likely occur?

• Nazca plate converging with the South America plate, forming the Andes mountains

• Philippine plate converging with the Pacific plate, forming Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean

• Juan de Fuca converging with the North American plate, forming the Cascade mountains

• North America Plate converging with the Eurasian Plate, forming a mid-ocean ridge

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Sometimes earthquakes occur at a boundary between the Indian and Eurasian Plates. The collisions of these two continental plates formed the Himalayan mountain range.

Based on this information, which type of boundary exists between the Indian and Eurasian Plates?

• continental-continental convergent

• continental-continental divergent

• oceanic-continental divergent

• oceanic-continental convergent

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Occasionally earthquakes occur as a result of collisions along oceanic-continental convergent boundaries. Where do these earthquakes most likely occur?

• on land but close to oceans

• inland, far from the coast

• in the middle of the oceans

• anywhere there are mountains

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During the process of mountain building, earthquakes sometimes occur along continental-continental convergent boundaries. Which statement best describes the motion of the plates along these boundaries that causes the earthquakes?

• The plates push apart from each other with no subduction.

• Subduction occurs with the less-dense plate sinking below the other plate.

• Subduction occurs with the more-dense plate sinking below the other plate.

• The plates smash together with no subduction.

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Use the earthquake distribution map to answer the question.

Scientists have found that shallow and narrow bands of earthquakes occur at divergent boundaries.

Where would a divergent boundary occur?

• between the South American and African Plates

• between the Australian and Eurasian Plates

• between the Eurasian and African Plates

• between the Nazca and South American Plates

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Which describes the boundary where earthquake activity occurs along rift valleys?

• divergent boundary in the ocean

• divergent boundary on land

• convergent boundary in the ocean

• convergent boundary on land

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Which best explains why earthquakes sometimes occur in the same locations as mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys?

• Plates bump as they slip past each other at convergent boundaries.

• Plates get stuck as they move past each other at convergent boundaries.

• Crust gets cracked and forms faults as plates collide along divergent plate boundaries.

• Faults form because crust gets cracked when plates move apart along divergent plate boundaries.

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