What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

7.3 Plate Boundaries

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Geography
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8th Grade
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Hard
Robert Mcgrady
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mountain boundaries, valley boundaries, and canyon boundaries
Subduction boundaries, collision boundaries, and sliding boundaries
Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries
Oceanic boundaries, continental boundaries, and island boundaries
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving away from each other?
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Subduction plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving towards each other?
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Subduction plate boundary
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other horizontally?
Transform boundary
Subduction boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the boundary where two plates move towards each other and one is forced beneath the other?
Subduction zone
Collision zone
Transform boundary
Divergent zone
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the boundary where two plates move away from each other and new crust is formed?
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Divergent boundary
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions?
transform boundary
collision boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the geological features associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Canyons, fjords, and sand dunes
Mountain ranges, deserts, and glaciers
Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, and volcanic activity
Tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and lakes
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do plate boundaries contribute to the movement of the Earth's lithosphere?
Through processes such as subduction, seafloor spreading, and transform faults.
By creating new ocean basins
By causing earthquakes
Through volcanic eruptions
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