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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a divergent boundary?
a)
two plates moving towards each other
b)
two plates grinding/sliding past each other.
c)
two plates moving away from each other
d)
plates that don't move at all
2.
What forms at the divergent boundary?
a)
deep-ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean Ridge
c)
land ridge
d)
the Pacific Ocean
3.
Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
volcanic
d)
submerged
4.
Plates slide grind/slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
5.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
6.
What is the term for the process by which a heavier, denser plate slides under a less dense plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
submersion
c)
accretion
d)
subduction
7.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
8.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
9.
At which plate boundary is crust neither created nor destroyed?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
convergent
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
10.
The lithospheric plates are constantly moving at a rapid rate.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Some volcanoes are formed without being near plate boundaries. These are known as
a)
deep ocean trenches
b)
subduction zones
c)
faults
d)
hot spots
12.
Which land feature forms at a divergent boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
13.
Which process occurres at a convergernt plate boundary?
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
subduction
14.
What is the name of the area around the Pacific Plate in which many earthquakes occur and volcanoes are formed?
a)
San Andres Fault
b)
Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Himalaya Mt. Range
d)
Ring of Fire
15.
The Himalaya Mountains were formed by the collision of 2 continental plates.
a)
True
b)
False
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