WorksheetsPlate Tectonics take 2
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ocean ridges (mountain range under water) are formed at ___.
a)
divergent boundaries
b)
collision boundaries
c)
subduction zones
d)
transform boundaries
2.
Oceanic trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
3.
Movement of smaller sections of crust along a spreading ridge cause the formation of ____.
a)
transform faults
b)
convergent boundaries
c)
divergent boundaries
d)
mini volcanoes
4.
Volcanic island arcs can form from magma which rises near a __________ plate boundary.
a)
ocean to continent convergent
b)
ocean to ocean convergent
c)
divergent
d)
transform
5.
Where would the OLDEST rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
6.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at subduction zones
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
d)
Mountain are formed by compressing crust.
7.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate
d)
All of these form mountains
8.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
9.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
10.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
11.
What forms when denser oceanic crust is pushed under less dense oceanic crust?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanic islands
c)
rift valleys
d)
mid-ocean ridges
12.
_______ are the deepest places on Earth formed by the subduction of ocean crust.
a)
mid-ocean ridges
b)
rift valleys
c)
trenches
d)
mountain ranges
13.
What forms when two oceanic plates diverge?
a)
moutains
b)
rift valley
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
deep-ocean trench
14.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
15.
What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under, back into the mantle?
a)
reduction
b)
conduction
c)
subduction
d)
convection
16.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
17.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
at plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
18.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
ridge push & slab pull
b)
the heat from Earth's core
c)
convection currents in the upper mantle
d)
a combination of all these factors
19.
The San Andrea Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary interaction caused this?
a)
an inactive convergent boundary
b)
an active convergent boundary
c)
an active transform boundary
d)
a volcanic eruption
20.
What geologic feature is most likely to form at a new divergent boundary?
a)
hot spot volcano
b)
rift valley
c)
trench
d)
volcanic mountain range
21.
Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...
a)
fossil layers
b)
volcanic island arcs
c)
deep-sea sediment
d)
seafloor spreading
22.
What do volcanic island arcs indicate about the plate tectonics in the region?
a)
a converging plate boundary
b)
a diverging plate boundary
c)
a transform plate boundary
d)
new seafloor being created
23.
What geologic process formed the Himalayas?
a)
two continental plates converging
b)
a series of earthquakes due to subduction
c)
a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
d)
two plates separating at the mountain boundary
24.
The diagram represents the movement of the mantle under the earth's crust. Which process is represented by the diagram?
a)
rotation
b)
conduction
c)
radiation
d)
convection
25.
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.
26.
What is an area away from a plate boundary where magma can rise to the surface?
a)
transform boundary
b)
hot spot
c)
convergent boundary
d)
divergent boundary
27.
Which of the following is true about the size of Earth's plates?
a)
Earth's plates are separated by oceans
b)
Earth's plates are piled on top of one another within the Earth
c)
Earth's plates fit closely together with the edges of the plates touching each other
d)
Earth's plates are surrounded by melted rock and do not touch each other
28.
What property of matter has a large role in why Earth has layers?
a)
the melting point of iron
b)
differing densities of matter
c)
the ability of gases to float
d)
differing freezing points of metals
29.
Geological features of convergent boundary interactions include...
a)
earthquakes & tsunamis
b)
trenches & volcanoes
c)
tsunamis & landslides
d)
ocean ridges & mountains
30.
Geological features of divergent boundaries include...
a)
shallow earthquakes
b)
ocean trenches
c)
volcanic arcs at spreading ridges
d)
ocean ridges & rift valleys
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