Which describes what happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

A trench and a mountain range with many volcanoes form.

What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle?

Melted magma erupts and forms an arc of islands.

What kind of boundary is shown?

Convergent oceanic-continental boundary

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Glencoe Earth Science 9th grade 17.3

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1
Oceanic crust is made mostly of ______.
basalt
water
sediments
granite
2
Convergent boundaries are classified according to the _______.
type of crust involved
types of fossils found at the boundaries
compass direction of movement of the plates
rate at which the plates collide
3
Which describes what happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?
Both plates become fractured, a series of long faults form.
A deep-sea trench and an island arc form.
Both plates crumple and a folded mountain range forms.
A trench and a mountain range with many volcanoes form.
4
The process when one plate is forced beneath another at a convergent plate boundary is ____.
convergences
subtraction
transformation
subduction
5
Where are most divergent boundaries found?
on the seafloor
at subduction zones
along coastlines
on continents
6
What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle?
The colliding plate edges form a mountain range.
The lithosphere splits to create a divergent plate on land.
Melted magma erupts and forms an arc of islands.
A continent splits to form a new ocean basin.
7
What kind of boundary is shown?
Convergent continental-continental boundary
Divergent oceanic-continental boundary
Convergent oceanic-continental boundary
Convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
8
Tectonic plates interact at places called plate _____
subductions
regions
reversals
boundaries
9
Which of the following is NOT associated with transform boundaries?
shallow earthquakes
deformed and fractured crust
volcanoes
long faults
10
At which tectonic plate boundary do plates slide horizontally past each other?
continental-continental boundary
oceanic-oceanic boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
11
Which feature is associated with a continental-continental plate boundary?
a deep-sea trench
a subduction zone
a volcano
a mountain range
12
Places where tectonic plates move apart are called ______
subduction zones
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
13
Which of the following features forms when two oceanic plates converge?
subduction zones
divergent boundaries
magnetic reversal patterns
rift valleys
14
The theory states that Earth's crust moves in different directions and different rates?
seafloor spreading
plate tectonics
continental drift
ridge push and slab pull
15
Which of the following landforms results from divergence of continental crust?
a rift valley
a deep-sea trench
a mountain range
a long fault
16
Identify the subduction zone in the figure
D
B
C
A
17
Places where tectonic planes come together are called _______.
rift valleys
transform boundaries
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
18
What happens along a divergent boundary?
Continental mountain ranges form
Oceanic plates are subducted into the mantle
Ocean basins become smaller
New ocean crust forms

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