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Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
2.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
3.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
4.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
5.
What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared? 
a)
They would stop. 
b)
They would change directions. 
c)
It would not change. 
d)
They would speed up. 
6.

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

a)

death ring

b)

fire zone

c)

ring of fire

d)

zone of fire

7.
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform fault
d)
subduction zone
8.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
9.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
10.

A large, giant supercontinent land mass is called

a)

continental drift

b)

plate tectonics

c)

pangaea

d)

oceanic crust

11.

Cracks or breaks in earth's crust where plates slip past each other

a)

subduction

b)

faults

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

san andreas

12.

Occurs when a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate

a)

tectonic plates

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

landmass

13.

Which natural occurance causes the tectonic plates to move?

a)

ocean plates subducted under continental plates

b)

convection currents

c)

continental drift

d)

earthquakes

14.

Where do volcanoes typically form?

a)

At plate boundaries.

b)

In the middle of tectonic plates.

15.

Strato, Shield, Calderas and Mid-Ocean Ridges are types of ________________.

a)

earthquakes

b)

plate boundaries

c)

volcanoes