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PROCESSES THAT OCCUR ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The following are the secondary effect of movement of the plates, which of the following is NOT?

a)

TSUNAMI

b)

FIRE

c)

LANDSLIDE

d)

EARTHQUAKE

2.

What geologic features resulted from the collision of the two continental plates?.

a)

VOLCANIC ISLAND ARC

b)

FAULT

c)

MOUNTAIN

d)

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER

3.

Which of the following is the result of the collision of two oceanic plates?

a)

TRENCH

b)

VOLCANO

c)

RIFT VALLEY

d)

FAULT LINE

4.

What geologic feature produced in the convergence of two continental plates?

a)

FOLDED MOUNTAINS

b)

ISLAND ARC

c)

RIFT VALLEY

d)

TRENCHES

5.

Which of the following can we expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

RELATIVELY YOUNG ROCKS

b)

REVERSE FAULT

c)

VERY ANCIENT ROCKS

d)

THICK ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENTS

6.

Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at then subduction zone?

a)

The oceanic crust has a greater density

b)

The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field.

c)

The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge

d)

The continental crust has a denser composition.

7.

What happens when two oceanic plates collide?

a)

The hot spot will form.

b)

The volcano island arc will form.

c)

The volcanoes on the edge of a continent will form

d)

The volcano along the mid-oceanic ridge will form.

8.

It is a plate which dives down under a less dense plate during a subduction.

a)

SUBDUCTING PLATE

b)

OCEANIC PLATE

c)

MANTLE

d)

OVERRIDING PLATE

9.

Which of the following is NOT a geologic process that occurs along convergent boundaries?

a)

EARTHQUAKES

b)

MOUNTAIN-BUILDING

c)

TORNADO

d)

VOLCANISM

10.

What topographic feature is formed in divergent boundary?

a)

FAULT

b)

MOUNTAIN

c)

RIFT VALLEY

d)

VOLCANO

11.

Which of the following geologic features formed in the divergent plate boundary?

a)

San Andreas fault

b)

Sierra Madre

c)

Mt. Himalayas

d)

Great Rift Valley of East Africa

12.

Which of the following is not a divergent plate boundary?

a)

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

b)

MT. HIMALAYAS

c)

SPREADING OF SEAFLOOR

d)

RIFT VALLEY

13.

What type of plate boundary exists on a certain island if you can find rift valley?

a)

CONVERGENT

b)

DIVERGENT

c)

TECTONIC

d)

TRANSFORM

14.

If there are two sliding plates in a certain island, what type of plate boundary exists?

a)

CONVERGENT

b)

DIVERGENT

c)

TECTONIC

d)

TRANSFORM

15.

This type of convergent plate boundary has no trenches,volcanoes created but mountains and swallow earthquakes

a)

CONTINENTAL TO OCEANIC COLLISION

b)

CONTINENTAL TO CONTINENTAL COLLISION

c)

OCEANIC TO OCEANIC COLLISION

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE