Plate Tectonics

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

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The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

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What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

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A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Subduction Zone

• Deep Ocean Trench

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When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

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The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Volcanism

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What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

• Convection

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

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What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Subduction Zones

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

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When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 

• a trench
• a rift zone
• ocean spreading ridge
• Continental crust

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