WorksheetsContinental and Oceanic Landforms Formation Comparisons
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The abyssal plain is similar to which continental landform?
a)
mountain
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
volcano
2.
How is the abyssal plain formed?
a)
erosion
b)
sediment deposition
c)
neither
d)
both
3.
Mid-Ocean Ridges are similar to which continental landforms?
a)
hills
b)
valleys
c)
mountain range
d)
canyons
4.
How and where does the mid-ocean ridge form?
a)
occur at spreading plate boundaries and involve the moving apart of oceanic plates
b)
occur at converging plate boundaries and involve the moving together of oceanic plates
5.
Seamounts and Volcanic Islands are similar to which continental landform?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
volcano
d)
hill
6.
How do seamounts and volcanic islands form?
a)
They occur at converging plate boundaries where plates are pushed up together.
b)
They occur at spreading plate boundaries where lava rises, cools, and hardens just like with continental volcanoes.
7.
The rift zone and rift zone valley is similar to which continental landform?
a)
mountain
b)
plain
c)
canyon
d)
valley
8.
How are rift zones and rift valleys formed?
a)
They occur when two plates are coming together at convergent boundaries.
b)
They occur when two plates move away from one another at a spreading plate boundary.
9.
An ocean trench is similar to which continental landform?
a)
rift valley
b)
rift zone
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
10.
How is an ocean trench formed?
a)
Ocean trenches occur when divergent plates spread apart.
b)
Ocean trenches occur when convergent plates come together and push up.
c)
Ocean trenches occur when one plate slides under another plate.
d)
Ocean trenches form when Spongebob goes too deep in the ocean.
11.
How are canyons and trenches similar?
a)
They are both formed by erosion, usually from water or glacier movement.
b)
They are both formed when one plate slides under another plate.
c)
They are both really high.
d)
They are both really deep holes in the earth.
12.
How are canyons and ocean trenches different?
a)
They are the same thing exactly, except one is in water and the other is on land.
b)
They are formed differently. Canyons occur by erosion and trenches occur when one plate slides under another plate.
13.
the Earth's outermost thinnest layer
a)
crust
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
continental slope
14.
the land we walk on, made mostly of granite
a)
crust
b)
continental crust
c)
oceanic crust
d)
continental shelf
15.
found beneath most of the ocean, made with basalt and thinner than continental crust
a)
continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
crust
d)
mantle
16.
the extension of the continental crust under the ocean
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental crust
d)
oceanic crust
17.
a long chain of volcanic mountains found at the edges of plates
a)
ocean basin
b)
ocean trench
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
18.
a notch, or valley, between the edges of the plates at a spreading plate boundary
a)
rift zone
b)
ocean trench
c)
ocean basin
d)
mid-ocean ridge
19.
a steep drop-off at the edge of the continental shelf
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental crust
d)
crust
20.
a deep valley that forms when an ocean plate moves below another plate
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
rift zone
c)
ocean trench
d)
ocean basin
21.
the area located between the edge of the oceanic crust and a mid-ocean ridge
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
rift zone
c)
ocean trench
d)
ocean basin
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