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WorksheetsPlate Tectonic Boundaries (A-Level)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Earthquakes and volcanoes are generally found...
...along plate tectonic boundaries.
...in the middle of plates.
...all over the world.
...in volcanic fracture zones.
What are convergent/ destructive boundaries?
Where two plates pull apart.
Where two plates come together.
Where two plates slide side by side.
Where two plates break.
What are divergent/ constructive boundaries?
Where two plates pull apart.
Where two plates come together.
Where two plates slide side by side.
Where two plates break.
What are transform/ conservative boundaries?
Where two plates pull apart.
Where two plates come together.
Where two plates slide side by side.
Where two plates break.
What is the lithosphere?
The crust and the mantle.
The mantle.
The solid top section of the mantle and the crust.
The crust.
What is the asthenosphere?
The crust.
The top section of the mantle (molten).
The bottom of the crust and the mantle.
The mantle.
What is the name of the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates?
Subduction zone
Tectonic zone
Earthquake zone
Continental zone
Which of these best describes a hot spot?
A thermal plume rising from the mantle causing earthquakes.
A weak spot in the plate, allowing magma to escape.
A place in the plate where magma is closer to the surface.
A thermal plume rising from the mantle creating volcanic island chains.
Collision plate boundaries can also be known as destructive plate boundaries. What makes them different to a 'normal' destructive boundary?
Continental plate meets continental plate.
There is no subduction.
All of the answers are valid.
There is no magma activity.
Which sequence correctly describes a destructive plate boundary.
Continental crust moves towards continental, one continental plate is subducted, volcanoes occur.
Oceanic crust moves towards continental, oceanic is subducted, volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
Oceanic crust moves towards continental, continental is subducted, volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
Oceanic crust moves towards continental, oceanic is subducted, only earthquakes occur.
Which of the following don't form at destructive/ convergent plate boundaries?
Violent earthquakes.
Composite volcanoes.
Volcanic island chains.
Mid-ocean ridges.
At which plate boundary is lithosphere neither created nor subducted?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Destructive
Which of the following correctly describes ocean crust?
Thin and dense.
Thick and dense.
Thick and less dense.
Thin and less dense.
Generally, which type of boundary produces the most destructive natural hazards?
Divergent
Constructive
Convergent
Transform
Where is the hottest part of the mantle?
Near the crust - heat rises.
Near the core - heat transferred from the hottest part of Earth.
In the middle of the mantle - due to insulation.
Identify the example of a hot spot island chain.
The Philippines
The Azores
The Galapagos
Hawaii
Example of a convergent plate boundary?
Indo-Australian and Pacific
Pacific
South-American and Eurasian.
Example of a divergent plate boundary?
Indo-Australian and Pacific
Pacific
South-American and Eurasian.
Process causing plates to move?
Convection currents.
Ridge push and slab pull.
Both of the above.
Which of these is a secondary hazard associated with a plate boundary?
Volcano
Earthquake
Tsunami
