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Plate Boundaries Quiz

Authored by Laterri Underwood

Social Studies

9th Grade

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Plate Boundaries Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes can be severe along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California, but volcanoes are nonexistent. Which statement BEST explains this pattern?

The crust is thin and weak at the location of this fault.

The material along this fault is smooth and fine grained.

The material in the mantle solidified due to cooling under this fault.

The crustal plates slide along each other without subducting at this fault.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plate movement can form different features on Earth. The movement of tectonic plates can be both a constructive and a destructive force. At which type of plate boundary is new crust formed?

convergent

subduction

transform

divergent

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which geographic features form as a result of continental-continental convergent plates?

rift valleys

volcanic islands

oceanic trenches

mountain ranges

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

Covergent

Divergent

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

Divergent Oceanic

Divergent Continental

Convergent Oceanic

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