Quiz about Plate Boundaries and Crustal Features PRACTICE!

Question 1

Which happens at a  TRANSFORM boundary?

Accepted Answer

major earth quakes

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mid ocean ridge

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rift valley

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deep sea trenches

Question 2

What would you be most likely to find at a CONVERGENT boundary between a LAND and OCEAN?

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes

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Mountains

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift

Question 3

Subduction happens at . . .

Accepted Answer

When one plate SINKs or GOES UNDER

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ALL Divergent Plates

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ALL transform

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ALL Convergent

Question 4

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 5

What is the term for one plate going UNDER?

Accepted Answer

subduction

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plate boundary

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submersion

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accretion

Question 6

Plate movement is caused by ______________.

Accepted Answer

Convection

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the rotation of the Earth

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ocean tides

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the moon's gravity

Question 7

A boundary where two plates slide past each other.

Accepted Answer

transform boundary

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convergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 8

A boundary where two plates collide into each other.

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 9

A boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 11

What are the two types of crust

Accepted Answer

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 12

What land feature is likely to occur between the South American Plate and the African Plate?
F Mountain
G Trench
H Subduction zone
J Mid-ocean ridge

Accepted Answer

J

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F

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G

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H

Question 13

What is the types of boundary? What would form if these where two continental plates

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary, folded mountains

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convergent boundary,trenches, volcanic mountains

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divergent boundary, mid ocean ridges

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transform boundary, fault lines

Question 14

Type of plate boundary and crustal feature?

Accepted Answer

convergent, ocean trench and volcanoes (volcanic mountains)

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divergent, rift valley

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transform, fault lines

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convergent, trenches and volcanic islands

Question 15

What kind of plate boundary? What crustal feature will form?

Accepted Answer

divergent, mid ocean ridge

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convergent, folded mountains

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transform, fault lines

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divergent, rift valleys

Question 16

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? What crustal feature will form?

Accepted Answer

transform, fault lines/earthquakes

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divergent, mid ocean ridges

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convergent, trenches, volcanic mountains

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convergent, folded mountains

Question 17

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? What crustal feature will form?

Accepted Answer

convergent, folded mountains

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divergent, mid ocean ridges

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convergent, trenches, volcanic mountains

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transform, fault lines/earthquakes

Question 18

A subduction zone is formed...

Accepted Answer

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 19

Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 20

The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years. Which one is correct?

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

B.

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C.

Question 21

Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Accepted Answer

1

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2

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3

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4

Question 22

What plate boundary feature is also shown?

Accepted Answer

A fault forming at an active transform boundary

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A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

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A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

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A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

Question 23

New crust forms along a(n)

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divergent boundary

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subduction zone

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convergent boundary

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transform boundary

Question 24

____________ is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics).

Accepted Answer

Wegener

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lithosphere

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Pangaea

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subduction zone

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tectonic

Question 25

___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

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lithosphere

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subduction zone

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tectonic

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Wegener

Question 26

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

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Pangaea

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subduction zone

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tectonic

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Wegener

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