Plate Tectonics (2025)

What geological features can result from convergent boundaries?

• Seafloor spreading and rift valleys

• Mountains, island arcs, and volcanoes

• Hot spots and faults

• Ocean trenches and mid-ocean ridges

What can divergent boundaries result in?

• Creation of mountains and island arcs

• Seafloor spreading, rift valleys, and volcanoes

• Earthquakes and hot spots

• Ocean trenches and faults

What is a result of transform boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Island arcs

• Rift valleys

When does an earthquake occur according to the document?

• When tectonic plates move apart

• When stress overcomes a locked fault, releasing stored energy

• When volcanoes erupt

• When mountains are formed

What are the large sections into which Earth's surface is divided?

• Continents

• Oceans

• Tectonic plates

• Countries

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Static

What occurs at convergent plate boundaries?

• Two plates move apart.

• Two plates slide past each other.

• Two plates come together.

• Two plates remain stationary.

What geological feature is formed when two continental plates converge?

• Ocean trenches

• Mountain ranges

• Volcanoes

• Rift valleys

What occurs when a land plate and a sea plate collide?

• Formation of deep seafloor trenches with lines of volcanoes and earthquakes

• Creation of mountain ranges without volcanic activity

• Development of large desert areas

• Formation of coral reefs

What happens to an ocean plate when it subducts below a continental plate?

• It melts and rises, forming a volcano

• It remains unchanged

• It forms a new oceanic crust

• It creates a large canyon