Environmental Science Plate Tectonics

Which type of boundary results in the creation of mountains, island arcs, earthquakes, and volcanoes?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Which type of boundary results in the creation of rift valleys, volcanoes, seafloor spreading, and earthquakes

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Transform boundaries mainly result in

• Island Arcs

• Seafloor spreading

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

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The huge blocks of the earth's crust that slide around slowly are called

• Volcanoes

• Tectonic Plates

• Rift Valleys

• Mid ocean ridges

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As oceanic plates move apart rising magma forms new oceanic crust this is known as

• Volcanoes

• Seafloor spreading

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Mountains

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Where oceanic plates meet continental plates, old oceanic crust is pulled downward and the heavier oceanic crust slides underneath the lighter continental plate. This is called

• Seafloor spreading

• Abduction

• Subduction

• Convection

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when a plate moves over a hot spot and the heat form the rising mantle plume will melt the crust

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

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When plates move away from each other and creates new lithosphere

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent

• Transform

When plates move toward one another and collide.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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The San Andreas fault is which type of plate boundary?

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

• Transform plate boundary