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QuizMultiple Choice

Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

Question 8 • WV-Earth and Space Science A-CR

Which of the following is NOT found at converging oceanic plate boundaries?

Answer
A
a hot spot
B
an island arc
C
a subducting plate
D
the Ring of Fire

Explanation

At a converging oceanic plate boundary, one plate can subduct beneath another, creating a chain of volcanic islands called an island arc. Many such boundaries are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. A hot spot forms above a relatively stationary mantle plume and is not a feature of converging plate boundaries, so the answer is “a hot spot.”

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