Plate Boundaries

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

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Rift Valley

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary? Options: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains, Rift Valleys

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Earthquakes

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, submergent

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transform

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, strike slip

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convergent

Front

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

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Oceanic

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

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two plates that collide and push against each other

Front

What makes the plate tectonics move?

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convection currents

Front

Which type of plate boundary is in the southern California region?

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transform boundary

Front

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature?

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a mid-ocean ridge