Types of Tectonic Plate Boundaries

What is the result of the compression that occurs when two continental plates converge?

• Formation of oceanic trenches

• Creation of volcanic islands

• Uplift and formation of mountain ranges

• Spreading of the sea floor

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Which mountain range is an example of uplift caused by the convergence of two continental plates?

• The Rockies

• The Andes

• The Alps

• The Himalayas

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What is the name of the layer beneath the Earth's crust that is involved in plate tectonics?

• Mantle

• Core

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Subduction Zone

What geological feature is commonly found at a divergent plate boundary?

• Rift Valleys

• Fault Lines

• earthquakes

• trenches

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Which of the following is an example of a transform plate boundary?

• Great Rift Valley in Africa

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Atlantic Ocean

• The San Andreas Fault in California

• The Himalayan Mountains

What features are associated with convergent boundaries?

• The formation of deep ocean trenches

• The formation of high folded mountain ranges

• The spreading of the sea floor

• The formation of mid-ocean ridges

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What is the process called when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?

• Erosion

• Subduction

• Sedimentation

• Rift valley formation

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What occurs at a Convergent Plate Boundary Subduction between an oceanic and a continental plate?

• The older oceanic plate subducts under the newer one

• The continental plate subducts under the oceanic plate

• The more dense oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate

• Both plates slide past each other without subduction

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What feature is formed on the ocean floor as a result of the compression between two converging oceanic plates?

• Mountains

• Islands

• Trenches

• Plateaus

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