WorksheetsTectonic plates quiz
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
*Which plates form the San Andreas Fault?
Pacific and Eurasian
South American and Pacific
Australian and Eurasian
Pacific and North American
*Which plates form the Japanese islands?
North American and Pacific
Pacific and Eurasian
North American and Eurasian
Coco's and Pacific
*Which plates form the Philippine islands?
Pacific and North American
Philippine and Eurasian
South American in Nazca
Coco's and Caribbean
*Which plates form the Cascade mountains?
Juan de Fuca and North American
North American and Pacific
South American and Eurasian
Eurasian and Pacific
*Which plates form the Andes Mountains?
Nazca and South American
Pacific and Eurasian
North American and Pacific
Australian and Caribbean
*Which plates form the Philippine islands?
Philippine and Eurasian
North American and Pacific
Pacific and Eurasian
South American and Carribean
*Which plates form the Japanese islands?
Pacific and Eurasian
North American and Pacific
Eurasian and Coco's
Pacific and South American
*Which 2 plates form the Himalayas?
Eurasian and Pacific
India and Eurasian
Eurasian and Pacific
North American and Pacific
Where can you SEE divergent boundaries?
Mid Atlantic ridge
Iceland and Great African Rift
Germany
Africa
What is the deep valley between the ridges?
Trench
Rift valley
Ridge valley
Name a divergent boundary
Mid African Rift
Great Atlantic ridge
Mid Atlantic ridge
Mid African ridge
*Name 2 plates that have a divergent boundary. (There are two answers please select one)
South American and African
North American and Eurasian
Pacific and Eurasian
North American and Pacific
*What plates form the Andes Mountains?
Nazca and South American
North American and Pacific
Eurasian and Pacific
South American and Eurasian
What happens at O-C and O-O at convergent boundaries?
New sea floor is created
Ocean crust is destroyed
Where do you find the oldest rock?
Nearest the rift
Nearest the continents
What forms when an ocean plate is subducted under another plate?
Earthquake
Trench
Rift
Ridge
What is the region where the plate is going down into the asthenosphere?
Trench
Rift
Ridge
Subduction zone
What geological features for at O-C?
Trench
Island arc
Volcanic arc
Subduction zone
What forms at C-C boundaries?
Mountains/mountain ranges
trench
subduction zone
rift
What can occur at a transform fault boundary?
Volcanic arc
Island arc
Earthquakes
Subduction zone
Names a transform fault boundary
Great African rift
San Andreas fault
Mid Atlantic ridge
These two plates Indian + Eurasian form what?
Himalayan mountains
Rift
Ridge
Subduction zone
Why cant a continental plate be subducted under another plate?
It is too thick and not as dense as an ocean plate
It is too heavy
It has continent on it
Which type of plate is thinner or denser?
Ocean plate
Continental plate
What geological features form at O-O convergence?
Island arcs and trenches
Subduction zone
island arcs
volcanic arcs
Where do you find the youngest rock?
Nearest the rift
Nearest the continent
Where do most divergent boundaries occur? (Check 2)
On the ocean floor
At mid ocean ridges
in the middle of the plate
on the edge of the plate
What 2 geological features are found at divergent boundaries?
Rifts and ridges
Trenches and subduction zones
What is happening at divergent boundaries?
Plates are moving apart and new sea floor is being created
Plates are pushing together and one plate is going under
Plates are rubbing together to create earthquakes
