Plate Boundaries Interactive Quiz

What occurs at divergent plate boundaries?

• Formation of mountains

• Sliding of plates without volcanic activity

• Creation of new crust as magma rises and cools

• Subduction of one plate under another

What leads to powerful volcanic eruptions at convergent boundaries?

• Collision of continental plates

• Rising of magma from beneath

• Subduction of an oceanic plate under a continental plate

• Plates sliding past each other

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What natural phenomenon is common at collision boundaries?

• Subduction of plates

• Earthquakes due to plates getting unstuck

• Formation of new crust

• Volcanic eruptions

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Why do earthquakes occur at transform boundaries?

• Collision of continental plates

• Because of volcanic activity

• Due to subduction

• Plates slide past each other and get stuck

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Which type of boundary does not involve the destruction or creation of crust?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Collision

• Transform