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Worksheetsplate tectonics
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 22mins
The three layers of the earth are...
Plate movement is caused by...
The rotation of the earth
Ocean tides
Convection
The moon's gravity
A boundary where tectonic plate are colliding together is called...
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
A boundary where the tectonic plates are moving apart from each other is called...
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
A boundary where plates are sliding against each other, in opposite directions, is called...
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
What do divergent boundaries cause?
Earthquakes
Volcanic activity
Tsunamis
What do convergent boundaries cause?
Earthquakes
Volcanic activity
Tsunamis
What do transform boundaries cause?
Earthquakes
Volcanic activity
Tsunamis
What are the two types of tectonic plates?
Mountains form when a continental plate and oceanic plate MOVE AWAY
True
False
What would you most likely find at a CONVERGENT boundary between a CONTINENTAL plate and OCEANIC plate?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift
What would be at a DIVERGENT boundary of two OCEANIC plates?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift
Island arc
Flat land
What would be at a CONVERGENT boundary as two CONTINENTAL plates hit?
Volcano
Mountain
Rift
Island arc
What is the term for one plate going UNDER?
plate boundary
submersion
accretion
subduction
Subduction happens at...
When one plate SINKS or GOES UNDER
ALL divergent plates
ALL transform plates
ALL convergent plates
When plates are colliding, why do some plates go under the other? (identify the plates that go under)
How would you explain what a hotspot is (why does it occur and where)?
What is an example of a hotspot?
