Convergent Boundary Quiz

A destructive plate margin is where two plates _______ due to convection currents in the mantle. 

All of the following are landforms formed at convergent boundaries except:

• deep-sea trenches

• volcanoes

• rift valleys

• island arcs

Which of the following is an example of a continental-continental convergent boundary?

• The San Andreas Fault

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• The Himalayas

• The East African Rift

A geologist is studying a region with frequent earthquakes and an active volcanic arc near a deep trench in the Pacific Ocean. What type of plate boundary is likely present?

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary

• Oceanic-continental convergent boundary

A deep-sea trench and a volcanic mountain range form along the edge of a continent. What type of plate interaction is most likely occurring?

• Transform faulting

• Oceanic-oceanic convergence

• Oceanic-continental convergence

• Rift valley formation

You are monitoring earthquake activity near the Andes Mountains. Based on plate tectonics, what is the most likely cause of these earthquakes?

• The subduction of the continental South American Plate beneath the oceanic Nazca Plate

• The subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate beneath the continental South American Plate

• The collision of two continental plates forming new crust

• The movement of plates along a transform fault

Scientists detect a chain of volcanic islands forming in the Pacific Ocean. Which type of plate boundary is most likely responsible?

• Divergent boundary

• Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary

• oceanic-convergent boundary

• Hotspot formation only

Why do oceanic plates subduct beneath continental plates rather than the other way around?

• Oceanic plates are denser and thinner than continental plates

• Continental plates are composed of heavier materials

• Oceanic plates are older and always sink

• Continental plates are denser than oceanic plates

What long-term effects can result from the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate?

• Creation of mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

• Formation of volcanic arcs and deep-sea trenches

• Formation of stable, flat plains

• The complete disappearance of the oceanic plate without geological consequences

What feature is seen at 10?