Plate Tectonics and Landforms

What type of boundary forms when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide?

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction boundary

What geological process occurs when a continental plate converges with another continental plate?

• Erosion

• Subduction

• Compression

• Volcanic activity

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What is the result of the compression that occurs when two continental plates converge?

• Formation of oceanic trenches

• Uplift and creation of mountain ranges

• Spreading of the sea floor

• Formation of volcanic islands

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Which mountain range is an example of uplift caused by the convergence of two continental plates?

• The Rockies

• The Andes

• The Alps

• The Himalayas

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Subduction Zone

Which of the following is an example of a Divergent Plate Boundary?

• The San Andreas Fault in California

• The Himalayan Mountains

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Atlantic Ocean

• The Indo-Australian Plate converging with the Eurasian Plate

What geological feature is commonly associated with Convergent Plate Boundaries?

• Rift Valleys

• Earthquakes and fault lines

• Mountain building

• Sea Floor Spreading

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What features are associated with convergent boundaries?

• The formation of ocean basins

• The formation of high folded mountain ranges

• The formation of mid-ocean ridges

• The formation of volcanic islands

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What geological feature is created when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

• Plateaus

• Plains

• Subduction zones creating trenches and/or mountains

• River deltas

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Which mountain range is an example of a feature formed by the convergence of an oceanic plate and a continental plate?

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Himalayas

• The Alps

• The Andes Mountains

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