Plate Boundaries
The area where one plate sinks into the asthenosphere underneath another plate is known as
a subduction zone
The type of plate boundary that causes tremors and earthquakes in California is
a transform boundary
Which of the following convergent boundaries would most likely create a non-volcanic mountain range?
continental/continental
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
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
When two oceanic plates collide, it creates _____.
volcanoes
