What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together, causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate? a. oceanic-continental convergent b. divergent c. transform fault d. continental-continental convergent

Referring to the diagrams that illustrate the three type s of convergent plate boundaries, complete the following: a. Identify each type of convergent boundary. b. On what type of crust do volcanic island arcs develop? c. Why are volcanoes largely absent where two continental blocks collide? d. Describe two ways that oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries are different from oceanic-continental boundaries. How are they similar ?

This figure depicts what type of boundary?

A. oceanic divergent boundary

B. ocean-ocean convergent boundary

C. ocean-continent convergent boundary

D. transform boundary

E. continental collision

The continental edge between locations 4 and 5 is probably:

A. a divergent boundary

B. a convergent boundary

C. an active continental rift

D. where two plates are colliding

E. not a plate boundary

What goologic eatting ie exproceed by the formation of the Siorra Nevada and adjacent featuree?

A. a continental collision east of (to the right of) the Sierra Nevada

B. an ocean-continent convergent zone

C. a continental rifting event east of (to the right of) the Sierra Nevada

D. continental rifting west (to the left of) of the Sierra Nevada

What type of mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries?

How does earthquake depth differ from one plate boundary to another ? Why do deep earthquakes occur only at oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries and oceanic-continental convergent boundaries?

The most violent type of volcanic activity is associated with a. cinder cones. b. sills. c. composite cones. d. shield volcanoes.

Most of Earth's earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur a. in the center of continents. b . in the Himalayas. c. at plate boundaries. d. at volcanic island arcs.

In what tectonic setting was the Sierra Nevada formed?

A. melting along a transform fault

B. continental rifting

C. a continental collision

D. subduction beneath the continent

E. all of these

At which type of plate boundary do the highest mountains form?

A. convergent; continental-continental

B. convergent; continental-oceanic

C. divergent; oceanic-oceanic

D. divergent; oceanic-continental

What type of tectonic event formed the main structures in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

A. rifting and stretching of the continental crust

B. rifting and thickening of the continental crust

C. melting associated with an ocean-continent convergent margin

D. a continental collision

What is the name given by Wegener to the supercontinent he proposed existed before the current continents? a. Euroamerica b. Atlantis c. Pangaea d. Panamerica

One of the main objections to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift was that he was unable to provide an acceptable a. rate of continental drift. b. date of continental drift. c. mechanism of continental drift. d. direction of continental drift.