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Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

insurgent

2.

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.

a)

divergent boundary

b)

transform boundary

c)

lithosphere

d)

convergent boundary

3.

Plates slide past each other at ________________.

a)

subduction zone

b)

divergent boundary

c)

convection current

d)

transform fault boundary

4.

Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.

a)

transform plate boundary

b)

convergent plate boundary

c)

divergent plate boundary

d)

Indian plate boundary

5.

The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

a)

Mariana Trench

b)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

c)

San Andreas Fault

d)

Himalayas

6.

Refer to the map. Pacific plate and Australian plate formed _______________.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

7.

Refer to the map. Philippine plate moves toward _______________.

a)

Australian plate

b)

Eurasian plate

c)

North American plate

d)

Nazca Plate

8.

At the convergent boundary between oceanic plate and continental plate,_________________ zone is formed.

a)

tension

b)

subduction

c)

shearing

d)

rifting

9.

It is formed by convergence of two oceanic plates.

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

It is formed when two continental plates collide.

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between A and B?

a)

a few centimeters per year

b)

a few meters per month

c)

a few millimeters per century

d)

a few millimeters per day

12.

If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expect to see?

a)

active volcanoes

b)

mountain ranges

c)

rift valleys

d)

volcanic islands

13.

In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while Volcano C is 30 km away from Volcano A. D is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?

a)

Volcano A is older than C

b)

Volcano B is the oldest

c)

Volcano D is the youngest

d)

Volcano B is younger than C

14.

What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

The tall landform created when two continental plates converge.

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

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

a)

subducting plate

b)

continental plate

c)

mantle

d)

overriding plate

17.

A type of plate boundary where subduction process can only occur.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

tectonic

d)

transform

18.

Volcanoes are formed through different processes except.

a)

subduction

b)

hot spot

c)

fissure

d)

collision of two continental plate

19.

It is the process wherein the leading edge of one plate bends downward into the mantle beneath the other plate.

a)

rifting

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

subduction

d)

hotspot

20.

Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

normal fault

d)

transform fault