Quiz about Plate Boundaries and Landforms

Question 1

The border where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

Accepted Answer

plate boundary

Answer

fault line

Answer

plate edge

Answer

ring of fire

Question 2

A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

tectonic

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lithosphere

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Pangaea

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subduction zone

Answer

Wegener

Question 3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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transform

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strike slip

Question 4

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

divergent

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convergent

Answer

transform

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subducting

Question 5

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

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submergent

Question 6

What landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

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Deep Ocean Trench

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

Question 7

What landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Deep Ocean Trench

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift Valley

Question 8

What landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Deep Ocean Trench

Answer

Rift Valley

Question 9

What landform is this? (Dark blue)

Accepted Answer

Deep Ocean Trench

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift Valley

Question 10

What landform is this?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Deep Ocean Trench

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 11

What would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? (C-C Conv)

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Rift

Answer

Island Arc

Question 12

What would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate? (O-C Conv)

Accepted Answer

Trenches and Volcanoes

Answer

Trenches and Mountains

Answer

Trenches and Mid-Ocean Ridges

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys

Question 13

What would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and oceanic plate? (O-O Conv)

Accepted Answer

Trenches and Underwater Volcanoes

Answer

Trenches and Mountains

Answer

Trenches and Mid-Ocean Ridges

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys

Question 14

What would you be most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? (O-O Div)

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Island Arc

Answer

Deep Ocean Trench

Question 15

What would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? (C-C Div)

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Island Arc

Question 16

What would you most likely find at a transform boundary? (Trans)

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Volcanoes

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Rift Valleys

Question 17

The process where heavier 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 18

A subduction zone is formed...

Accepted Answer

where the heavier oceanic plate sinks below another plate

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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 19

At subduction zones, what 2 landforms always form?

Accepted Answer

trenches and volcanoes/ underwater volcanoes

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seafloor spreading and mountains

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rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges

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mountains and mid-ocean ridges

Question 20

Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of volcanoes?

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

A.

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C.

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D.

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent

Answer

Continental- Continental Divergent

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Oceanic- Oceanic Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 22

Where does sea-floor spreading occur?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridges

Answer

mantle

Answer

subduction zones

Answer

deep ocean trenches

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