plate boundaries & landfeatures

Plates that are moving apart, or away from each other, are what type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subduction

Plates that are sliding past each other are what type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subduction

Plates that are colliding, or coming together, are what type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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Subduction zones occur at this type of boundary-

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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Folded mountains that are not volcanic, like the Himalayans, are formed at what type of plate boundary?

• convergent; continental-continental plates

• convergent; continental-oceanic plates

• divergent; continental-continental plates

• divergent; oceanic-oceanic plates

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The mid-Atlantic ridge is a mid-ocean ridge formed at a divergent boundary with oceanic-oceanic plates. What type of land features would we see at this boundary?

• underwater volcanoes along an ocean ridge

• ocean rift valleys

• deep ocean trenches

• ocean faults

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When you have two oceanic plates (or 1 oceanic & 1 continental plate) colliding at a convergent plate boundary, one plate is heavier and sinks under the other plate. We call this a subduction zone. Which land feature is found at a subduction zone?

• deep ocean trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• folded mountains

• fault

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When you have two oceanic plates colliding at a convergent boundary, one plate is heavier and sinks under the other plate. Which land feature is found at this plate boundary?

• volcanic island arc

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• coastal volcanic mountains

• folded mountains

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There are two tectonic plates sliding past each other where crust is neither created nor destroyed. Which of the following has the correct plate boundary & land feature listed associated with this type of plate movement?

• transform boundary; fault

• transform boundary; trench

• divergent boundary; fault

• convergent boundary; rift valley

• transform boundary; rift valley

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The Andes mountains are a coastal mountain range located along the west coast of South America. There are many active volcanoes in the Andes mountain range. What type of plate boundary caused these coastal volcanic mountains to form?

• active convergent subduction boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• inactive convergent subduction boundary

Answer explanation

We NEVER talked about inactive plate boundaries. The plates are always actively moving due to convection currents under the earth's crust.

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