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Ocean-Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries Quiz
1) A convergent boundary is where two plates
a) Move apart
b) Slide past each other
c) Collide
d) None of these
2) To make the Cascade volcanoes in Northeastern California, the Juan de Fuca
plate collides with the
a) Pacific Plate
b) North American Plate
c) Pacific Northwestern Plate
d) North Pacific Plate
3) What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?
a) The oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate.
b) The continental plate subducts beneath the oceanic plate.
c) The oceanic plate is thrust on top of the continental plate, creating a double thick plate.
d) The continental plate is thrust on top of the oceanic plate, creating a double thick plate.
4) A _____________________ zone is where two lithospheric plates come together
and one sinks beneath the other.
subduction
5) Which distinctive feature is found at a subduction zone?
a) Trench
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b) Valley
c) Mid-ocean ridge
d) Transform fault
6) A __________________ is an enormous body of igneous intrusive rock, usually
granitic.
Batholith
7) Subduction results in
a) Shallow earthquakes
b) Volcanoes
c) Deep earthquakes
d) All of these.
8) Volcanic eruptions at convergent plate boundaries are the result of
a) Melting of the subducting plate
b) Melting due to friction between the two plates at the subduction zone.
c) Earthquakes at the top of the subducting plate.
d) Melting in the mantle above the subducting plate.
9) Volcanoes at a subduction zone are found
a) Melting of the subducting plate
b) Melting due to friction between the two plates at the subduction zone.
c) In a line above the subduction zone on the continental plate.
d) Earthquakes at the top of the subducting plate
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10) At a subduction zone, if magma is too viscous to rise to the surface and erupt, it
will become an igneous intrusion.
a) True
b) False
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