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Question
what geological feature is commonly associated with transform plate boundaries?
answer: explain:
a. earthquakes
b. mountain ranges
c. ocean trenches
d. volcanoes
question:
what is the name of the process where an oceanic plate is forced beneath a continental plate?
answer: explain:
a. subduction
b. collision
c. seafloor spreading
d. transformation
Brief Explanations
- At transform plate boundaries, plates slide past each other horizontally. This movement causes stress to build - up which is released as earthquakes. Mountain ranges are associated with convergent boundaries (continental - continental collision), ocean trenches with convergent boundaries (oceanic - continental or oceanic - oceanic subduction), and volcanoes with both convergent (subduction - zone) and divergent boundaries.
- Subduction is the process where an oceanic plate, which is denser, is forced beneath a continental plate or another oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary. Collision refers to the coming together of two plates without one being forced beneath the other in the context of continental - continental plates. Seafloor spreading occurs at divergent boundaries where new oceanic crust is formed. Transformation is related to transform plate boundaries and does not involve one plate going beneath another.
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- A. Earthquakes
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