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Plate Boundaries Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
2.
When two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
3.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
4.
Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Subduction
5.
When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 
a)
a trench
b)
a rift zone
c)
ocean spreading ridge
d)
Continental crust
6.
When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called. 
a)
a trench
b)
a rift zone or rift valley
c)
ocean spreading ridge
d)
Continental crust
7.
When an oceanic plate is pulled away from another oceanic plate,, magma spews from below the crust and this is formed. 
a)
a trench
b)
a rift zone or rift valley
c)
ocean spreading ridge
d)
continental crust
8.

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.

a)

Fissures

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Rock Cycle

9.

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Island Arc

d)

Flat land

10.

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Mountain

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Island Arc

11.

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

a)

fault

b)

plate boundary

c)

plate edge

d)

ring of fire

12.

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)

Mountains

b)

Rift

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Island Arc

13.

Molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases and water from the mantle

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

Volcano

d)

hot spot

14.

True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

a)

True

b)

False

15.
The Himalayan mountains and Mt. Everest can be found at this plate boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
16.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa occurs on land at this plate boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform

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