Plate Boundaries

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

• convergent

• stable

• divergent

• transform

Plates slide past each other at ________________.

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convection current

• transform fault boundary

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a ________.

The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

• Himalayas

At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.

• new crust is created

• the crust separates

• the older crust is recycled by subduction

• plates side past one another

The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.

• tectonic force

• gravitational force

• radiation

• convection current

Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.

• mid-ocean ridges

• deep-sea trenches

• crumpled mountains

• island arc volcanoes

What plate boundary is formed by the sliding of two plates?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform-fault

What plate boundary is formed by the moving of two plates apart?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform-fault

What plate boundary is formed by the collision of two plates?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform-fault