Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault

• plate boundary

• plate edge

• ring of fire

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Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the

• big bang theory.

• theory of plate tectonics.

• origin of the species.

• theory of natural selection.
  

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

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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The edges of plates are called (a)  

• convection

• boundaries

• subduction

Answer explanation

The edges of tectonic plates are referred to as boundaries. These boundaries are crucial in understanding geological processes such as earthquakes and volcanic activity, distinguishing them from terms like convection and subduction.

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Plate

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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