Unit 5 Test Review

Where two continental plates meet and form folded mountains

• Subduction zone
• Transform boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary

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This large group of volcanoes is found underwater along the East Pacific Rise. What type of plate boundary formed this group of volcanoes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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The Himalayan Mountains are found at what type of plate boundary?

• Subduction zone
• Transform plate boundary
• Divergent plate boundary
• Convergent plate boundary

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A mid-ocean ridge is found underwater at a ____________ plate boundary.

• divergent
• subduction
• transform
• convergent

This type of boundary is the site of recurring earthquake activity and faulting.

• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary

• Subduction boundary
• Convergent boundary

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The San Andreas Fault is located in California and is found long a ________________ plate boundary.

• subduction

• transform

• convergent
• divergent

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A __________ plate boundary results in seafloor spreading.

• divergent
• subduction
• transform
• convergent

When the seafloor spreads, magma reaches the surface because heat __________.

• evaporates

• descends
• rises

• freezes

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All of the following mountain chains are formed at convergent plate boundaries EXCEPT...

• Himalayas
• Andes
• Appalachian

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Most all of the earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth are concentrated in areas that coincide with ___________________.

• shorelines

• Tectonic plate boundaries

• rift zones

• deserts

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