Plate Boundaries Quiz

What are oceanic ridges?

• Splitting of a landmass into smaller segments

• New oceanic lithosphere produced by seafloor spreading

• Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

• Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins

What do rift valleys represent?

• Splitting of a landmass into smaller segments

• New oceanic lithosphere produced by seafloor spreading

• Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

• Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins

What does seafloor spreading produce?

• Splitting of a landmass into smaller segments

• Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

• Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins

• New oceanic lithosphere produced by seafloor spreading

What happens when spreading centers develop within a continent?

• New oceanic lithosphere produced by seafloor spreading

• Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

• Splitting of a landmass into smaller segments

• Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins

What is the East African Rift Valley an example of?

• Splitting of a landmass into smaller segments

• Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries

• New oceanic lithosphere produced by seafloor spreading

• Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins