WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
2.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
at plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
3.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
4.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
5.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
6.
What is Pangaea?
a)
the name of a German scientist
b)
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
7.
A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
8.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep ocean trench
9.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
volcanic mountain range
d)
folded mountain range
10.
What land form is created when an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
rift valley
c)
trench
d)
volcanic island arc
11.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
12.
What is associated with transform boundaries?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
islands
13.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
14.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
15.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
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