Sci Pre-Test

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

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

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

What two geologic features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

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

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Subduction Zone

• Deep Ocean Trench

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

• Oceanic

• Continental

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• divergent

• continent-to-continent convergent

• ocean-to-continent convergent

• transform