Quiz about Types of Plate Boundaries

Question 1

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 2

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 3

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Covergent

Answer

Divergent

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Divergent Oceanic

Answer

Divergent Continental

Answer

Convergent Oceanic

Answer

Transform

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

subduction

Answer

seafloor spreading

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continental drift

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recycling

Question 6

What two geologic features occur near every subduction zone?

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes and Trenches

Answer

Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

Answer

Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

Answer

Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

Question 7

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Mid Ocean Ridge

Answer

Subduction Zone

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Deep Ocean Trench

Question 8

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

Accepted Answer

Folded Mountains

Answer

Mid Ocean Ridge

Answer

Subduction Zone

Answer

Rift Valley

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Tsumani

Answer

Volcano

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Tidal Wave

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Hurricane

Question 10

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

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Volcanoes

Answer

Subduction

Answer

Deep Trenches

Question 11

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

Accepted Answer

Oceanic

Answer

Continental

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Reform

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Transform

Question 13

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

continent-to-continent convergent

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divergent

Answer

ocean-to-continent convergent

Answer

transform

Question 14

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

Accepted Answer

oceanic

Answer

continental

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neither

Question 15

A long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed

Accepted Answer

trench

Answer

ridge

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fault

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rift

Question 16

A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary

Accepted Answer

rift

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lava

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ridge

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trench

Question 17

A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 18

The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?

Accepted Answer

an active transform boundary

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an inactive convergent boundary

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an active convergent boundary

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a volcanic eruption

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

Answer

New crust is underwater where it sinks

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New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 20

A subduction zone is formed...

Accepted Answer

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

Answer

at every type of convergent plate boundary

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at every type of divergent plate boundary

Answer

at transform boundaries

Types of Plate Boundaries

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