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associated with the formation of the African Rift Valley
hot spot
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
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What feature is illustrated below?
subduction
mid-ocean ridge
hot spot
trench
3
What process is supported by the illustration below?
subduction
folded mountain formation
hot spot formation
seafloor spreading
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no subduction due to mutual bouyancy
oceanic-continental
continental-continental
tranform boundaries
oceanic-oceanic
5
associated with the formation of the Hawaiian islands
oceanic-oceanic
continental-continental
hot spot
oceanic-continental
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rocks are not formed or destroyed, but broken and fractured
convergent boundariesl
mid-ocean ridges
transform boundaries
divergent boundaries
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folded mountains are formed
continental-oceanic
transverse
continental-continental
oceanic-oceanic
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associated with slab pull
oceanic-continental
mid-ocean ridges
continental-continental
transform
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ocean crust is formed
subduction zone
transform boundaries
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
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associated with the formation of the Andes mountains
oceanic-oceanic
hot spot
continental-continental
oceanic-continental
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form volcanic mountain ranges
oceanic-continental
transform boundaries
continental-continental
oceanic-oceanic
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associated with the formation of the Himalayan mountains
continental-continental
oceanic-oceanic
transform boundary
hot spot
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What process is illustrated below?
ocean convection
magnetic reversal
orogenesis
mantle convection
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the contineous plate movement over a stationary plume of magma
volcanic arcs
rift valley
hot spots
island arcs
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forms the San Andreas fault
divergent boundary
transform boundary
hot spot
convergent boundary
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What process is illustrated below?
subduction
slab pull
trench formation
seafloor spreading
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the deepest part of the ocean floor that is formed by subduction
island arcs
mantle
mid-ocean ridges
trenches
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What process is illustrated below?
seafloor spreading
hot spot formation
subduction
ridge push
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commonly offset the active spreading ridges, producing zig-zagplate margins
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
mid-ocean ridges
transform boundaries
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hot magma rises, then cools and sinks
mantle plume
mantle convection
mantle pull
mantle subduction
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associated with subduction
mid-ocean ridges
continental-continental
oceanic-oceanic
transform
22
a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions associated with subduction zones
Hot Spots
Island Arcs
Ring-of-Fire
Mid-ocean Ridges
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ocean crust is destroyed
transform boundaries
mid-ocean ridges
continental-continental
subduction zone
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form island arcs
transform boundaries
oceanic-oceanic
continental-continental
oceanic-continental
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associated with ridge push
mid-ocean ridges
continental-continental
transform
oceanic-oceanic
