Shaping Earth's Surface

What is a Convergent Boundary?

• A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other

• A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other

• A place where two tectonic plates move towards each other

• A place where tectonic plates do not move

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What occurs at a Divergent Boundary?

• Tectonic plates move towards each other

• Tectonic plates move away from each other

• Tectonic plates slide past each other

• Tectonic plates remain stationary

What is a Transform Boundary?

• A boundary where plates move towards each other

• A boundary where plates move away from each other

• A boundary where plates slide past each other

• A boundary where plates do not move

What surface feature is created when one plate is forced beneath another?

• Mountain range

• Trench

• Valley

• Plateau

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When two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary, what large feature forms?

• Mountain ranges

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Deserts

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How are Fault-Block mountains formed?

• By tension stress between diverging tectonic plates.

• By volcanic eruptions

• By sediment accumulation

• By glacial activity

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Why are the Rocky Mountains more jagged and taller than the Appalachian Mountains?

• They are older and have been eroded over time

• They are younger and have been less eroded over time.

• They are located in a different climate

• They are made of harder rock.

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Where, on a tectonic plate, do hot spot volcanoes form?

• In the middle of the plate

• At the edge of the plate

• Along fault lines

• Near mountain ranges

What type of boundary is associated with the creation of new oceanic crust?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

Which type of plate boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subduction