PRETEST/POSTTEST-PLATE TECTONICS

The type of plate boundary where two plates move toward each other is ______.

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform-fault Boundary

• Plate Boundary

At convergent plate boundaries where oceanic and continental crust meet ____.

• no associated volcanism occurs

• oceanic crust is subducted    

• Continental crust is subducted

• oceanic crust is created

Volcanic island arcs are associated with __________

• Transform-fault boundary      

• Divergent Plate Boundaries  

• Ocean-ocean convergent plate boundaries

• ocean-continent convergent plate boundaries

What geologic event could take place when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

• Formation of mountains

• Occurrence of earthquakes

• formation of rivers

• None of the choices

What geologic feature would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between the continental and oceanic plates?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Rift Valleys

• Island Arc