GLY CH2

The type of plate convergence that results in neither plate being subducted due to the buoyancy of both plates is called. This type of plate convergence was responsible for the creation of the Himalayan Mountains.

• Oceanic-continental convergence

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  Oceanic-oceanic convergence

• Continental-continental convergence

• Continental-oceanic convergence

The continents fit together best in the Pangaea configuration when _________.

• the present shorelines are matched

• shorelines that existed in the distant past are matched

• the outer edges of the continental shelves are matched

• earthquake zones are matched

• the mid-ocean ridges are matched

Convergent boundaries are zones where plates ____________.

• slide past each other

• move together

• move apart, leaving a gap

• cause seafloor spreading

• none of the above

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with ____________.

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• transform fault boundaries

• no plate boundary of any kind

• both divergent boundaries and convergent boundaries

The Red Sea is thought to be the site of a recently formed _______________________.

• transform boundary

• ocean trench

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• hot spot

Subduction zones are associated with ____________.

• divergent plate boundaries

• convergent plate boundaries

• transform fault boundaries

• all of the above

• none of the above

At which location would you expect to find shallow, intermediate, and deep focus earthquakes?

• mid-ocean ridge system

• locations of continental-continental convergences

• at transform fault boundaries

• along subduction zones

The former late Paleozoic super continent is known as ____________.

• pandomonia

• pancakea

• pangaea

• panatopia

It was learned from the Deep Sea Drilling Project that the oceans are ___________.

• Precambrian age in the oldest regions

• Pleistocene age in the oldest regions

• about the same age as the continents

• much older than the continents

• oldest adjacent to the continents and youngest at the ridges

The African rift valleys are associated with a(n) ____________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent (oceanic-oceanic)

• convergent (continental-continental)

• convergent (oceanic-continental)

• transform fault