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WorksheetsPlate Boundaries 2020V
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is most likely to happen at a transform boundary?
a)
major earth quakes
b)
mid ocean ridge
c)
rift valley
d)
deep sea trenches
2.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
3.
Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Wagon
b)
Albert Wegener
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Albert Wagoner
4.
Earthquakes typically occur _________________.
a)
In the middle of tectonic plates
b)
only in California
c)
only in the middle of the ocean
d)
along plate boundaries
5.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
6.
What is the term for a heavier, denser plate sliding under a less dense plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
submersion
c)
accretion
d)
subduction
7.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
8.
The part solid-part liquid layer that is located directly under the lithosphere is known as the ____________.
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
photosphere
9.
An ocean trench occurs when...
a)
plates divide and magma rises up
b)
oceanic crust subducts below continental crust
c)
we dig a hole in the ocean
d)
when plates slide past each other
10.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Subduction
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
11.
A. Wegener believed that all the continents were connected at one time. What did he call this one large land mass?
a)
Pancakes
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pancreas
d)
Patches
12.
Which type of plate boundary DOES NOT cause volcanoes?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
13.
The Inner and Outer Cores are mainly made up of these two metals.
a)
Iron and Copper
b)
Copper and Nickel
c)
Silver and Iron
d)
Iron and Nickel
14.
This plate boundary is also known as a strike-slip fault.
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
15.
What features would you find at this type of plate boundary?
a)
volcanic island arcs and a deep-sea trench
b)
volcanic mountain range and a deep-sea trench
c)
continental mountain range
d)
mid-ocean ridge and rift valley
16.
When continental crust collides with oceanic crust, it makes a...
a)
deep ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain
17.
Which letter represents the deep ocean trench?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
X
d)
Y
18.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanic Mountain Range
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift valley
19.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
20.
What would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcanic Mountains
b)
Folded Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
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