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Concept 2 Quiz

Explain the differences among divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries, including the major processes that occur at these boundaries.

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Question 1.
Complex mountain systems such as the Alps, Appalachians, and Himalayas are the result of

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Question 2.
Typical rates of seafloor spreading average around __________ centimeters per year.

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Question 3.
The Red Sea is believed to be the site of a recently formed

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Question 4.
The type of plate boundary where plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor, is a ____________ boundary.

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Question 5.
During oceanic-continental convergence, as the oceanic plate slides beneath the overriding plate, a ____________ is often produced adjacent to the zone of subduction.

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Question 6.
Transform faults can join two segments of a mid-ocean ridge.

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Question 7.
Identify the Earth features illustrated along this typical oceanic-continental plate boundary.

(Subducting lithosphere diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

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Question 8.
Seafloor spreading is the result of ocean-ocean convergence.

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Question 9.
Divergent plate boundaries can be described as

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Question 10.
The longest (in terms of length) topographic feature on Earth's surface forms the

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