Quiz about Plate Boundaries

Question 1

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

divergent

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convergent

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transform

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subducting

Question 2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

transform

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divergent

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convergent

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submergent

Question 3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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transform

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strike slip

Question 4

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

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Volcanoes

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Mountains

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Rift Valleys

Question 5

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Island Arc

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Flat land

Question 6

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Mountain

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Island Arc

Question 7

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

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Volcano

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Rift

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Island Arc

Question 8

A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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at every type of convergent plate boundary

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at every type of divergent plate boundary

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at transform boundaries

Question 9

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 10

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

transform boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 11

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

Accepted Answer

divergent

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convergent

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normal

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transform

Question 12

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

Accepted Answer

plate boundary

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fault

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plate edge

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ring of fire

Question 13

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

Accepted Answer

transform

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divergent

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convergent

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submergent

Question 14

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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detergent

Question 15

Which model is depicting a convergent boundary between two plates?

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middle

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top

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bottom

Question 16

Which model is depicting a transform boundary between two plates?

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bottom

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top

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middle

Question 17

Which model is depicting a divergent boundary between two plates?

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top

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middle

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bottom

Question 18

What type of landform occurs at a divergent boundary between two continental plates?

Accepted Answer

rift valley

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seafloor spreading

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earthquake

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mountain range

Question 19

What occurs between two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

sea floor spreading

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rift valley

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volcanic mountain range

Question 20

When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called.

Accepted Answer

a rift zone or rift valley

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a trench

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ocean spreading ridge

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Continental crust

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