Tectonic Plate Boundaries

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Questions and Answers

Which type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding past one another?

  • Convergent boundary
  • Transform boundary (correct)
  • Divergent boundary
  • Subduction boundary

What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalaya Mountains?

  • Divergent boundary
  • Subduction boundary
  • Convergent boundary (correct)
  • Transform boundary

What type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding apart from one another?

  • Subduction boundary
  • Convergent boundary
  • Divergent boundary (correct)
  • Transform boundary

What type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding towards one another?

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What type of plate boundary is associated with the occurrence of deep, under-ocean trenches?

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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the San Andreas Fault in California?

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What type of plate boundary caused the formation of Africa's Rift Valley?

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What type of plate boundary can create mountains when two plates have roughly the same density?

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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami?

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by one plate sliding below another?

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Which type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding past one another?

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What type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of the Himalaya Mountains?

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What type of plate boundary can create mountains when two plates have roughly the same density?

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Which type of plate boundary is associated with the occurrence of deep, under-ocean trenches?

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What type of plate boundary caused the formation of Africa's Rift Valley?

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Flashcards

Transform boundary

A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.

Convergent boundary

A type of plate boundary where two plates collide, resulting in the formation of mountains.

Divergent boundary

A type of plate boundary where two plates move apart from each other.

Subduction boundary

A type of convergent boundary in which one plate slides beneath another.

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Transform fault

A zone where tectonic plates move horizontally past each other.

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Trench

A long, narrow depression in the ocean floor, often formed at subduction zones.

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Continental-continental collision

Mountains formed by the collision of two continental plates.

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Rift valley

A deep, narrow valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates.

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Earthquake zone

A region where earthquakes are frequent and occur due to the movement of tectonic plates.

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Tsunami

A large wave caused by a sudden shift or disturbance in the ocean floor, often triggered by earthquakes.

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Seafloor spreading

The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at divergent boundaries.

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Oceanic-oceanic convergence

A type of plate boundary where two oceanic plates converge, resulting in the formation of a volcanic arc island chain.

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Oceanic-continental convergence

A type of plate boundary where an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate.

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Mantle

The layer of molten rock beneath the Earth's crust.

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Strike-slip fault

A type of fault where rocks move horizontally past each other.

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