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WorksheetsPROCESSES THAT OCCUR ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
The following are the secondary effect of movement of the plates, which of the following is NOT?
TSUNAMI
FIRE
LANDSLIDE
EARTHQUAKE
What geologic features resulted from the collision of the two continental plates?.
VOLCANIC ISLAND ARC
FAULT
MOUNTAIN
EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
Which of the following is the result of the collision of two oceanic plates?
TRENCH
VOLCANO
RIFT VALLEY
FAULT LINE
What geologic feature produced in the convergence of two continental plates?
FOLDED MOUNTAINS
ISLAND ARC
RIFT VALLEY
TRENCHES
Which of the following can we expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?
RELATIVELY YOUNG ROCKS
REVERSE FAULT
VERY ANCIENT ROCKS
THICK ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENTS
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at then subduction zone?
The oceanic crust has a greater density
The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field.
The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge
The continental crust has a denser composition.
What happens when two oceanic plates collide?
The hot spot will form.
The volcano island arc will form.
The volcanoes on the edge of a continent will form
The volcano along the mid-oceanic ridge will form.
It is a plate which dives down under a less dense plate during a subduction.
SUBDUCTING PLATE
OCEANIC PLATE
MANTLE
OVERRIDING PLATE
Which of the following is NOT a geologic process that occurs along convergent boundaries?
EARTHQUAKES
MOUNTAIN-BUILDING
TORNADO
VOLCANISM
What topographic feature is formed in divergent boundary?
FAULT
MOUNTAIN
RIFT VALLEY
VOLCANO
Which of the following geologic features formed in the divergent plate boundary?
San Andreas fault
Sierra Madre
Mt. Himalayas
Great Rift Valley of East Africa
Which of the following is not a divergent plate boundary?
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
MT. HIMALAYAS
SPREADING OF SEAFLOOR
RIFT VALLEY
What type of plate boundary exists on a certain island if you can find rift valley?
CONVERGENT
DIVERGENT
TECTONIC
TRANSFORM
If there are two sliding plates in a certain island, what type of plate boundary exists?
CONVERGENT
DIVERGENT
TECTONIC
TRANSFORM
This type of convergent plate boundary has no trenches,volcanoes created but mountains and swallow earthquakes
CONTINENTAL TO OCEANIC COLLISION
CONTINENTAL TO CONTINENTAL COLLISION
OCEANIC TO OCEANIC COLLISION
NONE OF THE ABOVE
