Plate Boundaries

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

convergent boundary

Fault lines are:

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

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

divergent boundary

A transform boundary occurs where two tectonic plates _____.

grind along each other

When two oceanic plates collide, it creates _____.

volcanoes