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Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

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.

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

a)

Convergent Oceanic

b)

Divergent Oceanic

c)

Convergent Continental-Continental

d)

Divergent Continental

6.

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

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

recycling

7.

What two crustal 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

8.

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Subduction Zone

d)

Deep Ocean Trench

9.

A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Deep Ocean Trench

d)

Subduction Zone

10.

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

11.

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

a)

Subduction

b)

Seafloor Spreading

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Volcanism

12.

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

a)

Convection

b)

Subduction

c)

Seafloor Spreading

13.

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

14.

Aside from Earthquakes, what is the only thing you will find at transform boundaries?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Subduction Zones

c)

Folded Mountains

d)

Fault lines

15.

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Subduction

d)

Deep Trenches

16.

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

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

17.

These are NOT plate boundary features. They are areas where hot mantle plumes push up through the lithospheric plates to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii.

a)

Hotspots

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Transform Boundary

18.

Tsunamis are formed from what two types of convergent boundaries?

a)

Continental-Continental

b)

Oceanic-Continental

c)

Oceanic-Oceanic

19.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
20.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises