PLATE BOUNDARIES

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The type of tectonic plate boundary that occurs when two plates are colliding into each other is known as a _________.

Convergent boundary

The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge is an example of a _____.

divergent boundary

The area where one plate sinks into the asthenosphere underneath another plate is known as ______________.

subduction zone

The type of plate boundary that causes tremors and earthquakes in California is ______________.

transform boundary

When two oceanic plates collide, it creates _____.

volcanoes

1. convergent boundary 2. divergent boundary 3. fault line 4. subduction zone 5. transform boundary

2 area where tectonic plates are moving away from each other 5 area where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other 4 area where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere under another plate 1 area where tectonic plates meet and push against each other 3 area along plate boundaries and ridges where the crust of the lithosphere is fractured

fault line

area along plate boundaries and ridges where the crust of the lithosphere is fractured

subduction zone

area where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere under another plate

divergent boundary

area where tectonic plates are moving away from each other

convergent boundary

area where tectonic plates meet and push against each other

transform boundary

area where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other

Which of the following convergent boundaries would most likely create a non-volcanic mountain range?

continental/continental

A transform boundary occurs where two tectonic plates _____.

grind along each other

Fault lines are:

the crust of the lithosphere that has fractured along plate boundaries and ridges


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