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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
2.
At which type of boundary are mountains formed?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
3.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
4.
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a)
collision
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
a boundry
d)
a rift zone
5.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
6.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
7.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
8.
The deep interior of the Earth can be mapped using
a)
seismic waves.
b)
sonar.
c)
information from drilling expeditions.
d)
ocean waves.
9.
According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called
a)
Pangaea.
b)
Wegener.
c)
Panthalassa.
d)
Euraisa.
10.
The mantle mainly consists of a dense layer called the
a)
mesosphere.
b)
asthenosphere.
c)
core.
d)
lithosphere.
11.
The process that takes place at mid-ocean ridges is called
a)
sea-floor spreading.
b)
uplift.
c)
continental drift.
d)
subduction.
12.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
13.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedergent
d)
Transform
14.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
15.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
16.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
17.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
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