
Plate Tectonics and Boundaries
Quiz by Melanie Waters
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- Q1divergentboundary where two plates are separating from each other30s
- Q2transform boundaryplate boundary where two plates slide past each other60s
- Q3See imageconvergent boundary where two plates are colliding into each other30s
- Q4mountainThis feature is found along converging continent-continent plate boundaries30s
- Q5subductionThis process occurs at a convergent plate boundary between ocean and continental crust or ocean and ocean crust30s
- Q6volcanoThis feature is found along converging boundaries where subduction is occurring30s
- Q7earthquakesThese events occur along ALL types of plate boundaries30s
- Q8trenchThis feature is at convergent subduction zones where oceanic crust is forced into the asthenosphere(mantle).30s
- Q9ring of fireThis is the name for all the volcanoes located around the Pacific Ocean. The red line shows the volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean.30s
- Q10subductionThe large number of volcanoes shown around the Pacific ocean is due to what process occurring along the trenches here?30s
- Q11convergentWhat type of plate boundary collides?30s
- Q12volcanoWhat feature forms along the continent at this Convergent plate boundary undergoing subduction? (mountain or volcano?)30s
- Q13more denseAt this plate boundary the oceanic crust is subducting because it is (more dense/less dense) than the continental crust?30s
- Q14transformWhat type of plate boundary slides?30s
- Q15earthquakesWhat event occurs along this type of transform boundary? (eruptions or earthquakes)30s