Types of Plate Boundaries Quiz

Oceanic and Continental plates come together at this boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Collision Zones

• Transform Plate Boundary

Two (2) plates move away from each other at this plate boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Collision Zones

• Transform Plate Boundary

Two (2) plates of continental crust come together here:

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Collision Zones

• Transform Plate Boundary

New crust is formed at the divergent plate boundary as magma moves up from the mantle below. When this happens under water it is called ________________________

• Subduction

• Fold

• Seafloor spreading

• Rift Valleys

When 2 plates move away from each other on land, it forms

_________________________

• Subduction

• Fold Mountains

• Underwater volcanic mountain range

• Rift Valleys

The Mid- Atlantic Ridge is an example of a Divergent Plate Boundary.

• True

• False

A deep sea trench or subduction zones occur at convergent plate boundaries where the oceanic crust breaks up and melts to form new magma

• True

• False

The Mariana Trench is an example of the convergent plate boundary

• True

• False

Fold Mountains are formed at Collision Zones.

• True

• False

Two (2) plates slide past each other at this plate boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Collision Zones

• Transform Plate Boundary