What type of plate boundary would continental volcanoes like the Cascade Mountains in the western
United States be associated with?
a. Divergent plate boundaries
b. Convergent plate boundaries
c. Transform plate boundaries
d. Rift boundary
ANS: B
The continental volcanoes are a sign of convergent plate boundaries. This particular convergent
boundary occurs because the seafloor is being destroyed at a subduction zone. The dense oceanic
lithosphere plate subducts beneath the North American continental plate. Information can be found in
the section Plates Interact at Plate Boundaries.
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