Describe Tectonic Plate Boundaries Around the World

What forms at a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

• rift valley

• mountain

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

Subduction zone, trench, island, and volcano are words used to describe which plate boundary?

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CONVERGENT BOUNDARY CONTINENTAL/CONTINENTAL

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• PLATES MOVE TOWARD

  --> <--

• SUBDUCTION

  TRENCH

• VOLCANOS

• FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAINS

• FOLDED MOINTAINS

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What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?

• volcanoes

• rift valleys

• faults

• mid-ocean ridges

Which feature is commonly formed at a plate boundary where oceanic crust converges with continental crust?

• a mid-ocean ridge

• an oceanic trench

• a transform fault

• a new oceanic crust

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CONVERGENT BOUNDARY OCEANIC/CONTINENTAL

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• PLATES MOVE TOWARD

  --> <--

• SUBDUCTION

  TRENCH

  VOLCANOS

• VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

• SEAFLOOR SPREDING

• VOLCANIC ISLANDS /

  ISLAND ARCH

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Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• faults

• trenches

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What geological feature would an oceanic-continental convergent boundary create?

• volcanic mountains

• rift valley

• volcanic islands

• deep ocean trench

• subduction zone

Answer explanation

subduction zones happen when an ocean plate crashes into another at a convergent boundary

this ocean plate dives into the asthenosphere through the deep ocean trench and is melted

there is no room for extra magma, so volcanic mountains are formed on the continental plate to release the extra magma

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Rift valleys do NOT form at ​ ​ (a)  

• subduction zones.

• divergent plate boundaries.

• mid-ocean spreading centers.

• sites of continental rifting.

What causes the tectonic plates to continually to move?

• Convection currents

• Volcanic and seismic activity

• Strong winds and storms

• Rotation of the solid core

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