Types of Plate Boundary

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Subduction Zone

• Deep Ocean Trench

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If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?

• Volcano

• Tsumani

• Tidal Wave

• Hurricane

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What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches

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The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

• Oceanic

• Continental

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Reform
• Transform

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A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

What two geologic features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

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