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WEALD y8 Plate margins

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are volcanoes and earthquakes commonly found?

a)

All over the world

b)

In the centre of plates

c)

At plate margins

2.

What is thought to happen in the mantle which helps to explain the movement of plates?

a)

Convection currents

b)

Cooling

c)

Earthquakes

3.

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Collision

c)

Conservative

d)

Destructive

4.

What hazards are found at this type of margin?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Earthquakes and volcanoes

5.

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

a)

Destructive

b)

Collison

c)

Conservative

d)

Constructive

6.

What major landform is found at this type of plate margin?

a)

Rivers

b)

Coasts

c)

Fold mountains

7.

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

a)

Destructive

b)

Conservative

c)

Collision

d)

Constructive

8.

What type of margin is shown in the diagram?

a)

Destructive

b)

Collision

c)

Conservative

d)

Constructive

9.

Which 2 statements are true of a conservative plate margin?

a)

Volcanoes always happen

b)

Only earthquakes happen here

c)

No crust is created or destroyed

d)

Crust is subducted in to the mantle

10.

Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust?

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

c)

Neither- they are both the same