Plate Boundaries

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Transform, Convergent, Divergent, Plate

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Transform

Front

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

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Earthquakes

Front

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

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Volcanoes and Trenches

Front

How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform?

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Two continental plates collided.

Front

What results as the two oceanic plates converge?

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formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes

Front

What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

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Rift Valley

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? Options: Rift Valley, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Island Arc, Flat land

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

Back

Front

Where would the oldest rock be found? Options: L, M, O

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O