Plate Boundaries and Features

What feature would most likely form when you have a continental plate moving toward a continental plate?

• mid ocean ridge
• faults
• folded mountains
• rift valleys

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This image best demonstrates which plate boundary?

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction Boundary

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What type of feature would form at this location?

• faults
• volcanic island arcs
• rift valleys
• mid-ocean ridges

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Which image best represents a convergent boundary?

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The image below shows a chain of volcanic islands called the Aleutian Islands. What type of crusts would be involved in creating this volcanic island arc?

• Continental crust converging with continental crust.
• Oceanic crust converging with oceanic crust.
• Continental crust converging with oceanic crust.

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The image below shows a green shaded region known as the Himalayan Mountains. What type of crusts would be involved in creating these mountains?

• Continental crust converging with continental crust.
• Oceanic crust converging with oceanic crust.
• Continental crust converging with oceanic crust.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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There are two types of crust, oceanic crust and continental crust. Which crust is most dense?

• Continental Crust
• Oceanic Crust

The diagram below shows a convergent boundary in the ocean. Here we have oceanic crust converging with oceanic crust. What type of geological features would we see at this location? Check all that apply.

• Ocean Trenches
• Volcanic Island Arcs
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Folded Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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What does it mean for a crust to "subduct"?

• One plate will move over another plate.
• One plate will separate from another plate.
• One plate will slide past another plate.
• One plate will move underneath another plate.

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Which set of arrows correctly represents a divergent boundary?

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