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Types of Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

2.

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

3.

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

a)

Covergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

4.

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

a)

Divergent Oceanic

b)

Divergent Continental

c)

Convergent Oceanic

d)

Transform

5.

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

recycling

6.

What two geologic features occur near every subduction zone?

a)

Volcanoes and Trenches

b)

Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

c)

Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

d)

Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

7.

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Subduction Zone

d)

Deep Ocean Trench

8.

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Subduction Zone

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Folded Mountains

9.

If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?

a)

Volcano

b)

Tsumani

c)

Tidal Wave

d)

Hurricane

10.

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Subduction

d)

Deep Trenches

11.

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

12.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
13.

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

a)

divergent

b)

continent-to-continent convergent

c)

ocean-to-continent convergent

d)

transform

14.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
15.

A long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed

a)

ridge

b)

fault

c)

trench

d)

rift

16.

A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary

a)

lava

b)

rift

c)

ridge

d)

trench

17.

A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?

a)

an inactive convergent boundary

b)

an active convergent boundary

c)

an active transform boundary

d)

a volcanic eruption

19.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
20.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries