Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Quiz Block 1

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Plate Boundary

• Transform Boundary

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• Subduct

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Plate

This is the type of rock that is lighter and less dense. It makes up the continental crust of Earth.

• Diamond

• Pumice

• Basalt

• Granite

This is the type of rock that is heavier and dense. It makes up the oceanic crust of Earth.

• Diamond

• Pumice

• Basalt

• Granite

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Plate

When an oceanic and a continental plate collide, the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath is called _________________.

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

• Mid Ocean Ridge

Which of the following is found in the middle of the ocean floor, where plates are pulling apart?

• Mountain

• Fault

• Plateau

• Mid Ocean Ridge

What is the name of the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up-welling of magma at mid ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side?

• Mountain building

• Trench formation

• Seafloor spreading

• Faulting