Quiz on Movements of Plates and Formation of Folds and Faults

What geologic feature is formed when two converging plates collide?

• C. Island

• B. Mountain

• D. Ocean

• A. Faults

Which type of plate boundary creates a zone of tension by moving the plates apart?

• D. None of these

• C. Transform Fault

• B. Divergent Boundary

• A. Convergent Boundary

What is the term for the region where plates meet?

• D. Volcanic Arc

• A. Fault

• C. Mountain

• B. Plate Boundary

Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of new oceanic lithosphere?

• C. Transform Boundary

• B. Divergent Boundary

• A. Convergent Boundary

• D. None of these

What type of plate movement occurs when plates slide past each other horizontally?

• C. Transform

• B. Divergent

• A. Convergent

• D. None of these

Which of the following is NOT associated with convergent plate movement?

• C. Valley

• B. Trench

• A. Deep-focus earthquake

• D. Volcanic Arc

What is the result of two continental crusts colliding?

• D. A rift valley

• A. A chain of volcanic islands

• C. A deep ocean trench

• B. A range of mountains

Which of the following best describes the direction of divergent plate movement?

• C. It moves in opposite directions

• B. It moves towards each other

• A. It moves alongside

• D. It moves in either opposite or alongside

Which of the following is a chain of mountains formed by tectonic activity?

• C. Trench

• B. Ridge

• A. Arc

• D. Valley

What is the primary cause of the formation of volcanic arcs?

• A. Divergent boundaries

• B. Transform boundaries

• C. Convergent boundaries

• D. None of these