WorksheetsTectonic Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 28mins
Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is
younger
older
the same age
magnetically reversed
Subduction results in the formation of
a deep-sea trench
a magnetic reversal
a rift valley
new continental crust
Which of these are tectonic plate boundaries? Check all that apply.
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Moving
(a) boundaries result in only earthquakes and nothing else.
Is this fun?
Yes
NO!
(shrugs) No opinion
SOUP!
What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?
What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
Eurasia
Laurasia
Pangea
Gondwanaland
New oceanic lithosphere forms at
divergent plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
transform plate boundaries
all of these are possible
The Hawaiian islands formed at a
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
none of these
Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth from coldest to hottest?
Outer core, crust, mantle, inner core
Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
