WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Part 2
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earth's oceanic crust is ______ than continental crust.
a)
thinner and less dense
b)
thicker and denser
c)
thicker but less dense
d)
thinner but denser
2.
Which of the following is NOT a source of heat in Earth's Core that drives convection in the Mantle.
a)
The Sun
b)
Radioactive Decay
c)
Leftover heat from the Earth’s formation
3.
The ocean floor sinks below a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle in a process known as
a)
sinking
b)
subduction
c)
surrealism
d)
surrendering
4.
What type of plate boundary?
a)
converging
b)
diverging
c)
transform
5.
What feature is shown here?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trench
c)
earthquake
d)
subduction zone
6.
What type of plate boundary?
a)
Converging
b)
Diverging
c)
Transform
7.
When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary on land, a(an) _____ forms.
a)
ocean trench
b)
river
c)
wasted space
d)
rift valley
8.
What type of plate boundary does this picture show?
a)
Converging
b)
Diverging
c)
Transform
9.
Both mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys always form at which type of boundary?
a)
Converging
b)
Diverging
c)
Transform
10.
True/False: Volcanic islands form at Ocean-Ocean convergent boundaries
a)
True
b)
False
11.
True/False: Most earthquakes occur close to plate boundaries
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True/False: Large mountains are formed at transform plate boundaries
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What is a plate boundary where 2 plates DIVIDE?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
14.
What is a boundary where tectonic plates COLLIDE?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
15.
What is a boundary where plate tectonics slide?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
16.
Which type of plate boundary does NOT usually have volcanoes?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
17.
When two continental plates converge and collide, what forms?
a)
Islands
b)
Mountains with Volcanos
c)
Mountains without Volcanos
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridges
18.
This type of boundary is found in southern California. It creates earthquakes but no volcanoes
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
19.
Which type of boundary are the Andes Mountains found at?
a)
Convergent (Ocean-Continent)
b)
Convergent (Continent-Continent)
c)
Divergent (Ocean-Continent)
d)
Divergent (Continent-Continent)
20.
Which type of boundary are the Mariana Islands found at?
a)
Convergent (Ocean-Continent)
b)
Convergent (Ocean-Ocean)
c)
Divergent (Ocean-Continent)
d)
Divergent (Ocean-Ocean)
21.
A convergent continent-continent boundary will not form volcanoes because .....
a)
Plates are not coming together
b)
There is no collision
c)
There is no subduction
d)
Volcanoes don't form at convergent boundaries
22.
Which two Events/Features can be found at ALL types of plate boundaries?
a)
Volcanos and Earthquakes
b)
Trenches and Mid-Ocean Ridges
c)
Faults and Islands
d)
Earthquakes and Faults
23.
Earth’s lithosphere is broken into separate sections called:
a)
Trenches
b)
Plates
c)
Faults
d)
Rifts
24.
Mid-Ocean Ridges are where oceanic crust is...
a)
Created
b)
Destroyed
c)
Subducted
d)
Mid-Ocean ridges have nothing to do with oceanic crust
25.
Trenches are where oceanic crust is...
a)
Created
b)
Destroyed
c)
Uplifted
d)
Trenches have nothing to do with oceanic crust
26.
Why doesn't Massachusetts (MA) experience a lot of Earthquakes?
a)
MA is not near any plate boundaries
b)
MA is near a transform plate boundary
c)
MA is over a Hotspot
d)
MA is near a subduction zone
27.
What two processes would cause the height of a Mountain to DECREASE?
a)
volcanic eruptions and landslides
b)
tectonic collisions and earthquakes
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
sedimentation and flooding
28.
What process is occurring beneath the plates that helps the plates to move?
a)
condensation
b)
magnetism
c)
deposition
d)
convection
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