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Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This boundary moves away from another boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
2.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
3.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
4.
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
5.
In which type of boundary do the plates go away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)
normal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
6.
In which type of boundary do the plates come toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
strike-slip
d)
divergent
7.
Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean. Magma comes up and cools between the plates, forming...
a)
a fault
b)
a mid-ocean ridge
c)
a rift valley
d)
a trench
8.
Continental crust and continental crust come toward each other at a convergent plate boundary. This will likely form...
a)
a trench
b)
mountains
c)
a subduction zone
d)
new land
9.
Oceanic crust slides underneath continental crust at a convergent boundary. This is called a...
a)
mountain
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
subduction zone
d)
mantle
10.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcanos
b)
Mountains
c)
Rift valley
d)
Island Arc (chain of islands)
11.
Which of the following words/phrases would correctly fill in the blank?
Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ___________.
Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ___________.
a)
Hess
b)
Pangaea
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Wegener
12.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
13.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
14.
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
15.
What causes the crust to move?
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
tension
d)
radiation
16.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
17.
What is seafloor spreading?
a)
continental crust-continental crust
b)
rift valleys
c)
seafloor spreads
d)
ocean spreads and magma rises to fill in gaps creating a Mid Ocean Ridge
18.
What process takes place at the trenches?
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
subduction
c)
earthquakes
d)
mountain ranges
19.
The newest crust is found
a)
Near the mid ocean ridge
b)
Far from the mid ocean ridge
20.
Why isn't the earth getting bigger if new crust is always made
a)
New crust isn't always made
b)
Continental drift
c)
The old crust is recycled
21.
Wegener could not prove what?
a)
How many dinosaurs lived during the time
b)
How the continents moved
c)
How the continents were arranged
22.
What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?
a)
Sonar
b)
Radar
c)
GPS
23.
What is the longest mountain chain in the world?
a)
Appalachians
b)
Mid Ocean Ridges
c)
Rocky Mountains
24.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
25.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
26.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
27.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
28.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
29.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
30.
Name the boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
31.
What type of plate boundary is occurring between the Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
32.
What type of plate boundary is occurring between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
33.
Using the plate boundaries map to help you, why do you think there are so many earthquakes in California?
a)
Along divergent boundary which cause MAJOR earthquakes
b)
Along convergent boundary which cause MAJOR earthquakes
c)
Along transform boundary which cause MAJOR earthquakes
34.
How do you think the Andes Mountains were formed?
a)
from divergent boundary
b)
from convergent boundary
c)
from transform boundary
35.
What type of plate boundary is occurring between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
36.
What is A?
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
volcano
d)
rift valley
37.
What is B?
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
rift valley
d)
volcano
38.
What is D?
a)
magma
b)
upper mantle
c)
lava
d)
convection
39.
Subduction happens as one plate sinks under another plate, down into Earth's ____.
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
asthenosphere
d)
core
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