Which Tectonic Plate Setting Is Associated with the Following Features

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which tectonic plate setting is associated with the following features: great earthquakes; explosive volcanic eruptions; oceanic plate sinks into mantle and remelts? Andes Mountains are 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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