1. do the location of landforms (mountains, trenches, and volcanoes), earthquakes, and mineral deposits have anything in common?
a. no, their placement is scattered all over the globe
b. yes, most appear to occur on the edges of plates

2. what is the ring of fire (besides a song by jonny cash)?

a. an area located in the atlantic ocean that is home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes, deepest ocean trenches, highest mountains, and richest mineral deposits

b. an area located in the pacific ocean that is home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes, deepest ocean trenches, highest mountains, and richest mineral deposits

c. an area located in the indian ocean that is home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes, deepest ocean trenches, highest mountains, and richest mineral deposits

d. an area located in the arctic ocean that is home to some of the world’s most active volcanoes, deepest ocean trenches, highest mountains, and richest mineral deposits

3. how does a trench occur?

a. when one plate is pushed underneath another plate

b. when one plate gets too thin and collapses under another plate

c. when a hot spot occurs at that location causing the lithosphere to weaken

d. when a transform boundary ends

4. what type of convergent boundaries make mountain ranges?

a. oceanic – oceanic

b. continental – continental

c. continental – oceanic

5. what type of boundaries make rift zones?

a. convergent

b. divergent

c. transform