Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Test REVIEW

The trench shown in purple can only be found in a ____________.

What geological feature is created at this divergent boundary?

Where is the most likely place for an earthquake to occur?

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

In which of these ways can volcanoes help build up new land?

What causes plate tectonics to move?

How can large mountain ranges form without volcanoes?

What feature is found at this divergent boundaries?

What type of boundary causes sea floor spreading to occur?

Due to the destructive nature of earthquakes and volcanoes, people always choose to live far away from these areas

Mountains that are not volcanoes are formed when _________.

Where do we find most of the active volcanoes and earthquakes today?

What geological feature adds new land to Earth's surface?

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown in the diagram?

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

What type of boundary is found in San Francisco, California?

Why do earthquakes occur more frequently here, than in Columbia, SC?

What type of boundary is found in this image?

Why could a volcano form next to the edge of a continent?

What causes most tsunamis?

Earthquakes occur when stress along a ______ builds up and is suddenly released.

What feature is shown in purple here?

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

What happens when a dense plate converges with a less dense plate?

Iceland and Africa are the great examples of ____________.

Where are volcanoes and earthquakes the most common?

What is the name of the area where one plate slides under another plate and melts?

What do you call a break in the rock in which plates can move and shift?

What causes this string of volcanoes found along the west coast of the U.S.?