Plate Boundary Quiz Review

Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean.  Magma comes up and cools between the plates, forming...

• a fault
• a mid-ocean ridge
• a rift valley
• a trench

Continental crust and continental crust come toward each other at a convergent plate boundary.  This will likely form...

• a trench
• mountains
• a subduction zone
• new land

Oceanic crust slides underneath continental crust at a convergent boundary. This is called a...

• mountain
• mid-ocean ridge
• subduction zone
• mantle

An ocean trench occurs when...

• plates divide and magma rises up
• oceanic crust subducts below continental crust
• we dig a hole in the ocean
• when plates slide past each other

A boundary where two plates slide past each other.

• convergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

• Divergent Boundary
• Hot Spot
• Subduction Boundary
• Transform Boundary

Where are most volcanoes found?

• Southern Hemisphere
• Ring of Fire
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Hot Spots

The Himalayan mountains and Mt. Everest can be found at this plate boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

The San Andreas fault in California is on this type of plate boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

A boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary