Plate Tectonic
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- Q1Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of volcanic arcs?Divergent boundaryTransform boundarySubduction zoneConvergent boundary30s
- Q2Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?Subduction zoneDivergent boundaryConvergent boundaryTransform boundary30s
- Q3Which type of plate boundary is associated with the subduction of one plate beneath another?Transform boundarySubduction zoneConvergent boundaryDivergent boundary30s
- Q4Which type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past each other horizontally?Divergent boundaryConvergent boundarySubduction zoneTransform boundary30s
- Q5What is the process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate?Seafloor spreadingContinental collisionSubductionTransform fault30s
- Q6Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?Divergent boundaryConvergent boundaryTransform boundarySubduction zone30s
- Q7Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates colliding and pushing against each other?Convergent boundaryTransform boundarySubduction zoneDivergent boundary30s
- Q8Which of the following is NOT a tectonic plate?Antarctic PlateEurasian PlatePacific PlateNorth American Plate30s
- Q9What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other?Subduction zoneDivergent boundaryConvergent boundaryTransform boundary30s
- Q10Which type of plate boundary involves two plates colliding and one sliding beneath the other?Divergent boundarySubduction zoneConvergent boundaryTransform boundary30s
- Q11Which type of plate boundary involves two plates moving away from each other?Transform boundarySubduction zoneDivergent boundaryConvergent boundary30s
- Q12Which type of plate boundary involves two plates sliding past each other horizontally?Convergent boundarySubduction zoneDivergent boundaryTransform boundary30s
- Q13Which type of plate boundary involves one plate sliding beneath another, leading to the formation of a deep-sea trench?Divergent boundarySubduction zoneTransform boundaryConvergent boundary30s
- Q14Which type of plate boundary involves the lateral sliding of two plates past each other without any creation or destruction of lithosphere?Divergent boundarySubduction zoneConvergent boundaryTransform boundary30s
- Q15Which type of plate boundary involves the collision and uplift of crustal material?Transform boundarySubduction zoneConvergent boundaryDivergent boundary30s