Which Tectonic Plate Setting Is Associated with the Following Features

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which tectonic plate setting is associated with the following features: light to moderate earthquakes; nonexplosive volcanic eruptions; new oceanic lithosphere produced? Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a geographic example.

• A) divergent plate boundary
• B) convergent plate boundary (subduction zone)
• C) convergent plate boundary (collision zone)
• D) transform plate boundary
• E) hotspot

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