Convergent Boundaries Quiz

What occurs at convergent boundaries?

• Tectonic plates move away from each other

• Tectonic plates move towards each other

• Tectonic plates slide past each other

• Tectonic plates do not move

What major geological events may occur at convergent boundaries?

• Tornadoes and hurricanes

• Droughts and floods

• Landslides and avalanches

• Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

What type of convergent boundary occurs when oceanic crust subducts underneath the continental crust?

• Oceanic and oceanic lithosphere

• Continental and continental lithosphere

• Oceanic and continental lithosphere

• Continental and oceanic lithosphere

What is formed when oceanic lithosphere collides with oceanic lithosphere?

• Plateaus

• Volcanic island arcs

• Folded mountains

• Deep trenches

What happens when continental lithosphere collides with continental lithosphere?

• Magma and earthquakes occur

• Trenches are formed

• Both plates buckle and create folded mountains

• Volcanic island arcs are formed

What is an example of oceanic and continental convergent boundary?

• The collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian Plate

• The formation of the Aleutian Islands

• The subduction of the Nazca plate underneath the South America plate

• The collision of the North American plate with the Pacific Ocean plate

What is an example of oceanic and oceanic convergent boundary?

What is an example of continental and continental convergent boundary?

• The subduction of the Nazca plate underneath the South America plate

• The collision of the North American plate with the Pacific Ocean plate

• The collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian Plate

• The formation of the Aleutian Islands

What type of lithosphere has a greater density in oceanic and continental convergent boundaries?

• Continental lithosphere

• Oceanic lithosphere

• It depends on the specific location

• They have the same density

What type of lithosphere has a greater density in oceanic and oceanic convergent boundaries?

• They have the same density

• It depends on the specific location

• Oceanic lithosphere

• Continental lithosphere