ES Unit 2 Lesson 3 Shaping Earth's Surface: Plate Boundaries & Land Features

Place where two plates come together, or converge, causing a collision is called a:

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary

Place where two plates move apart, or diverge, is called a:

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary

Place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions (frequent earthquakes) is called a:

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary

Where breaks occur in Earth's surface, this feature is called a:

• fault
• rift valley
• subduction zone

When two tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary and one plate moves beneath the other, this feature is called a:

• fault
• rift valley
• subduction zone

When a deep valley is formed along a divergent boundary that develops on land, this feature is called a:

• fault
• rift valley
• subduction zone

What type of boundary occurs along a 'Type 2 boundary.' Hint: use the key to analyze and interpret the maps below.

• Convergent boundary-colliding together
• Divergent boundary-spreading apart
• Transform boundary-sliding past one another

Why does one plate sink below another plate at a subduction zone?

• temperature and seafloor spreading
• gravity and differences in density
• pressure and pangea
• all of the above

Which type crust is more dense?

• continental
• oceanic

The ocean floor is continously destroyed at ______________.

• ridges
• trenches