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WorksheetsUNIT 2 - Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
What are the different types of Plate boundaries?
Divergent
Insurgent
Convergent
Transform
Divergent plate boundaries are also known as _____.
destructive margins
pull-apart basins
subduction zones
spreading centers
What is the primary process behind movement of tectonic plates away from each other along divergent margins?
normal faulting
seafloor spreading
subduction
strike-slip faulting
What are the primary processes involved along convergent plate boundaries?
collision
partial melting
seafloor spreading
subduction
The very large age obtained by some continental crust can be attributed to its ____.
buoyancy
granitic composition
large surface area
thickness
What type of fault is most commonly associated with transform plate boundaries?
dip-slip fault
normal fault
strike-slip fault
thrust fault
Which of the following is true about transform plate boundaries?
Generation of new crust occurs along them.
Movement along transform plate boundaries cause ocean basins to widen.
The primary process in these boundaries is normal faulting.
Volcanism is absent in these boundaries.
What type of convergence produces volcanic island arcs?
continental collision
continental-continental
oceanic-continental
oceanic-oceanic
What prevents a continental crust from subducting beneath another continental crust?
their equally large ages
their equally low densities
their equally high elevations
their equally high elevations
Which of the following explains the greater depths of oceans away from the mid oceanic ridge?
Deposition of sediments in the region far away from the ridge is low to almost nonexistent.
Large volumes of magma extruded in the ridge displaces seawater.
Older oceanic crust found father away from the ridge becomes denser.
Water pressure increases away from the ridge.
