Quiz about plate boundaries

Question 1

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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

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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?

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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 __________________.

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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.

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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

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 16

What are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and upper

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lower and upper

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pizza and subway

Question 17

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

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all of the above

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islands

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volcanoes

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earthquakes

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?

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Sedergent

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 19

Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

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along tectonic plate boundaries

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along the coast

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in the Arctic

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in the ocean

Question 20

What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?

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Transform

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Covergent

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Transformers

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Divergent

Question 21

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

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Asthenosphere

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Continental crust

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Oceanic crust

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Lithosphere

Question 22

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 23

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

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New crust is underwater where it sinks

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New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 24

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.

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plates

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crust

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directions

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seismos

Question 25

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

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At plate boundaries

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in oceans

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in the middle of continents

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in the middle of plates

Question 26

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

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subduction

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seafloor spreading

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continental drift

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recycling

Question 27

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

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Volcanoes and Trenches

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Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

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Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

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Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

Question 28

If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?

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Tsumani

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Volcano

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Tidal Wave

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Hurricane

Question 29

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

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Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Plate Boundary

Question 30

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 31

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

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Two continental plates pull apart

Question 32

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

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ring of fire

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death ring

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fire zone

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zone of fire

Question 33

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

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all of the above

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islands

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volcanoes

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earthquakes

Question 34

When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.

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melts, rises

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hardens, sinks

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melts, sinks

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hardens, rises

Question 35

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

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Island Arc

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Flat land

Question 36

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 37

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 38

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 39

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

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Divergent Oceanic

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Divergent Continental

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Convergent Oceanic

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Transform

Question 40

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

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the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

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the oceanic crust is melting.

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volcanic islands are forming.

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the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

Question 41

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

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Hot Spot

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Divergent Boundary

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Subduction Boundary

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Transform Boundary

Question 42

Tsunamis are caused by

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underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.

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wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.

Question 43

Which areas are most susceptible to a tsunami?

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low lying areas

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high areas

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middle areas

Question 44

True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

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True

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False

Question 45

What happens when Subduction occurs?

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Parts of the crust fall into the mantle

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Parts of the crust fall into the core

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Parts of the crust fall into space

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None of these

Question 46

The oceanic crust _________ when it reaches the continental crust.

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sinks

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rises

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expands

Question 47

If there are MORE mid-ocean ridges than subduction zones, what happens to the ocean?

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It gets larger

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It gets smaller

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It sinks

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