Week 2 Types of Plate Boundaries

The lithospheres comprises of...

• the Crust

• the upper part of the mantle

• Both the crust and upper part of the mantle

• Asthenosphere

Mid-ocean ridges occur at divergent boundaries. What type of crust is usually involved at these areas?

• Continental Crust

• Mantle Crust

• Oceanic Crust

True or False:

In order for subduction to occur, one of the plate's crust must be primarily made of continental crust.

• True

• False

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Rift valleys are formed by what type of plate boundary?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

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Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Which of the following is formed at Continent- Continent convergent boundaries?

• Volcanic Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Non-volcanic Mountain Ranges

• Both volcanoes and earthquakes

Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?

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• 
• None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent

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What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

• Deep oceanic trenches

• Mountain Ranges

• Coastal Volcanic Mountains

• Both mountains and volcanoes

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The cascade mountain range, where Mt. St Helens is formed, was created because of a ...

• Subduction zone

• Ocean - continent boundary

• crust melted and magma formed volcanic mountain ranges

• All of those above

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Which is an example of a plate boundary which has formed the Himalayas Mountain Range (home of Mt. Everest!) ?

• Ocean- continent convergent boundary

• Ocean- Ocean convergent boundary

• Continent - continent Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

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