Geological Processes

What type of plate boundary exists when two plates meet?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Fault Boundary

• Reverse Fault Boundary

What do you call the process where the denser oceanic crust bends downward as it collides with a less dense continental plate?

• Convergence

• Divergence

• Subduction

• Volcanism

What geologic feature or event is produced at a subduction zone?

• earthquake

• trench

• volcano

• all of the above

Which of the following is NOT associated with a convergent plate boundary

• earthquake

• rift valley

• trench

• volcano

What types of plate convergence took place to form the Himalayan mountain ranges?

• Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence

• Oceanic-Continental Convergence

• Continental-Continental Convergence

• None of the above

What geological event occurs in transform boundary?

• Earthquake

• Seafloor Spreading

• Subduction

• Volcanic Activity

What land feature is formed when two continental boundaries diverge from each other?

• Deep Ocean Trench

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Pacific Hot Spot

• Rift Valley

What geologic activity is occurring at a divergent plate boundary?

• Deep Ocean Trench Forming

• Mountain Building

• Seafloor Spreading

• Volcano Forming

What geologic activity takes place in a convergent continental-continental boundary?

I. Earthquake

II. Mountain Building

III. Seafloor Spreading

IV. Volcano Forming

• I and II

• II and III

• III and IV

• I and IV

What do you call the process where the oceanic lithosphere bends down to the mantle?

• Accretion

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

• Subduction