Regents Convergent Plate Boundaries

Subduction does not occur at which convergent plate boundary?

• Oceanic - Oceanic

• Oceanic - Continental

• Continental - Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which plate undergoes subduction at oceanic - continental convergent plate boundaries? Why?

• The oceanic plate. It is denser than the continental plate

• The oceanic plate. It is less dense than the continental plate

• The continental plate. It is denser than the oceanic plate

• The continental plate. It is less dense than the oceanic plate

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Volcanic islands can form from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• detergent

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• divergent
• continent-to-continent convergent
• ocean-to-continent convergent
• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3