Plate Tectonics

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

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Which layer has convection currents?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Mantle

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• in oceans

• at plate boundaries

• in middle of continents

• in the middle of plates

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Neither

Two tectonic plates collide at a _____ plate boundary.

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

• Ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Tall Mountains

• Transform Fault

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault on?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transformers

• Transform

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What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of Earth's crust

• A piece of Earth's mantle

• A piece of Earth's core

• A piece of Earth's moon

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At which boundary do trenches form?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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