8th grade Earth Sci quiz

This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

• trench
• mid-ocean ridge
• folded mountains
• fault

A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a

• transform boundary
• divergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• rift valley

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a 

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench
• volcanic mountain range
• folded mountain range

The Himalayas are formed because of what kind of plate movement? 

• a continental plate being subducted under another
• two plates moving apart
• two continental plates colliding
• two plates sliding past one another

What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

• the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate
• the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate

A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that ____

• move toward each other
• undergo subduction
• move away from each other
• slide along each other

A boundary where two plates pull apart?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• insurgent boundary

The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

What is deposition?

• Dropping off sediment
• Movement of sediment
• Breaking down of sediment 

What two processes make sediment?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Weathering & Erosion