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

A trench and a mountain range with many volcanoes form.

What kind of boundary is shown?

Convergent oceanic-continental boundary

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

Melted magma erupts and forms an arc of islands.

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

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