Exploring Plate Boundaries and Their Earth Features

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

• Divergent, convergent, and transform

• Eastern, western, and central

• North, south, and central

• Upper, middle, and lower

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What geological feature forms when a divergent boundary occurs under the ocean?

• Volcanic island

• Mountain range

• Ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

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What results from the collision of two continental plates?

• Formation of a rift valley

• Subduction of one plate

• Creation of a new ocean

• Formation of high mountain ranges

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What is a key characteristic of oceanic crust at convergent boundaries?

• It does not interact with continental crust

• It is lighter and floats on continental crust

• It is always recycled at transform boundaries

• It is denser and sinks under continental crust

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Which mountain range is an example of one formed by the subduction of oceanic crust under continental crust?

• The Urals

• The Rockies

• The Andes

• The Appalachian

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Why are oceanic plates subducted under continental plates?

• Because they are older

• Because they are thicker

• Because they are denser

• Because they are lighter

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What deep-sea feature forms at an ocean-to-ocean convergent boundary?

• Volcanic arc

• Ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Continental rift

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What is the primary reason trenches are so deep?

• Erosion by underwater currents

• Volcanic eruptions

• Large deposits of sediment

• Extreme subduction of one plate under another

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

• Divergent

• Subductive

• Transform

• Convergent

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How do transform boundaries differ from convergent and divergent boundaries?

• Plates overlap and create volcanoes

• Plates pull apart and form ridges

• Plates collide and form mountains

• Plates slide past each other

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