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WorksheetsPlate boundaries - Hytowitz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Subduction
2.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Earthquake
3.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Subduction
d)
All of the above
4.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Island
5.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Oceanic crust is made hard rock.
b)
Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust.
c)
Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust.
d)
Oceanic crust is heavier than continental crust.
6.
A subduction zone ALWAYS forms _________________.
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at convergent boundaries
c)
at divergent boundaries
d)
at transform boundaries
7.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed, a ______ is formed.
a)
Mountain
b)
Island
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Volcano
8.
When does a divergent plate boundary form?
a)
when a more dense plate sinks below a less dense plate
b)
when two plates slide past each other
c)
when two plates separate
d)
when two plates collide
9.
Which layer of the Earth is directly under the tectonic plates?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
crust
d)
mesosphere
10.
Which direction are the plates moving at a divergent boundary?
a)
moving away from each other
b)
moving towards each other
c)
sliding past each other
d)
they don't move
11.
Which direction are plates moving at a convergent boundary?
a)
away from each other
b)
going towards each other
c)
sliding past each other
d)
they don't move
12.
Which direction are plates moving at a transform boundary?
a)
they are moving away from each other
b)
they are moving towards each other
c)
they are sliding against each other
d)
they don't move
13.
Mountains form when a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
15.
Fossils of the same animals have been found in both southern Africa and South America but nowhere else. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the reason why?
a)
The fossils evolved into different organisms.
b)
The climate changed and became much colder.
c)
In the past, Africa and South America were part of the same continent.
d)
In the future, Africa and South America will be part of the same continent.
16.
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
17.
What is the term for a thicker, denser tectonic plate sliding under a thinner, less dense tectonic plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
earthquake
c)
convection
d)
subduction
18.
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
19.
Which of the following is most likely to happen at a transform boundary?
a)
major earthquakes
b)
mid ocean ridge
c)
rift valley
d)
deep sea trenches
20.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
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