WorksheetsPlate Boundary Tutorial
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A boundary where two plates move away from each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
2.
A boundary where two plates slide past each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
3.
A boundary where two plates collide into each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
4.
When two convergent plates come together where the denser one is forced under back into the mantle
a)
reduction
b)
conduction
c)
subduction
d)
convection
5.
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?
a)
Sections
b)
Plates
c)
Land Masses
d)
Faults
6.
A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary.
a)
rift valley
b)
canyon
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
ocean valley
7.
The denser and thinner of the two plate types.
a)
continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
8.
The less dense and thicker of the two plate types.
a)
oceanic crust
b)
continental crust
9.
What special force is found in the asthenosphere?
a)
Wind
b)
Convection currents
c)
Tides
d)
Lava
10.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
11.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
12.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
13.
This image is of...
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
14.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
15.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
16.
What was Pangaea?
a)
An African woman
b)
A nation
c)
A supercontinent
d)
An Indian tribe
17.
What makes up Pangaea?
a)
Continents
b)
Oceans
c)
Religions
18.
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
19.
The process that happens at the deep-ocean trench is called...
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
adding material to the ocean floor
c)
subduction
20.
Older crust is found towards the...
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Deep-ocean trench
c)
Asthenosphere
21.
New crust is always formed at the...
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
asthenosphere
22.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Subduction
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
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