Plate Boundaries & Crustal Features Review

Front

What type of plate boundary is found at the mid-ocean ridge?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding called?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What type of boundary occurs between an oceanic plate and a continental plate?

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Oceanic - continental convergent boundary

Front

What is a volcanic region thought to be fed by hotter mantle called?

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Hot spot

Front

What type of boundary can form a deep ocean trench when two oceanic plates collide?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What is the term for the boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridge

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

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Subduction

Front

What type of boundary is characterized by plates moving away from each other?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What is the term for a large-scale geological feature formed by the collision of two continental plates?

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Mountain range