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Tectonic Plates 8.9B
Tectonic Plates 8.9B
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A STAAR Practice Review for crustal features that form at plate boundaries.
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1
The San Andreas fault line is an example of what boundary?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Subduction Zone
Transform boundary
2
Convergent boundaries cause plates to...
move towards each other
slide past each other
not move at all
move away from each other
3
What forms where an oceanic plate moves beneath continental crust?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Fault Line
Volcano
Rift Valley
4
Mountain ranges are formed during which plate boundaries?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
5
A continental crust is the part of a tectonic plate that has ______________ on it.
continental land
an ocean ridge
ocean water
ocean trench
6
Which geological feature is associated with the plate movement shown?
Fault
Mountain
Volcano
Trench
7
The sinking crust that melts, forming volcanos on the crust above it is what type of boundary?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
No Zone area
8
All of these discoveries support the theory of continental drift EXCEPT --
fossils of similar species on different continents
mirrored patterns in magnetic striping
Mid-Ocean ridges
different kinds of rock on different continents
9
The oceanic crust that sinks under the continental crust is called...
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Submergent Zone
10
Mid-Ocean Ridges and continental rift valleys are formed during which type of boundary?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
