
Plate Boundaries Quiz

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Social Studies
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9th Grade
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Medium
Laterri Underwood
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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
Transform
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.
Divergent Oceanic
Divergent Continental
Convergent Oceanic
Transform
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