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SCIENCE 10 - QUIZ#4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

a)

Transform / Earthquakes

b)

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado / Rain

d)

Mountain Building / Volcanism

2.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
3.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
4.

Where is new crust created?

a)

convergent boundaries

b)

divergent boundaries

c)

transform boundaries

d)

new crust is never created

5.

Where is crust destroyed?

a)

convergent boundaries

b)

divergent boundaries

c)

transform boundaries

d)

crust is never destroyed

6.

Which of these is a characteristic of divergent boundaries?

a)

a mid-ocean ridge

b)

a chain of volcanic islands

c)

a mountain range

d)

both shallow and deep earthquakes

7.

What is happening under a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

Hot magma is rising

b)

Hot magma is sinking

c)

Cool magma is rising

d)

Cool magma is sinking

8.

The image above shows a convergent boundary along the northwest coast of the United States. What types of landforms would you expect to find in this region? (Select all correct options.)

a)

A mid-ocean ridge

b)

Volcanoes on the continent side

c)

Volcanoes on the ocean side

d)

A deep-ocean trench

9.

How is subduction zone formed?

a)

When two plates slide each past each other

b)

When two plates move away from each other

c)

When two plates move toward each other

d)

When one tectonic plate sinks below another

10.

What is/are formed when two oceanic plates collide? (Multiple answer)

a)

Trench

b)

Tsunami

c)

Volcanic Island Arc

d)

Mountain Ranges

11.

What will happen to the leading edge of the subducted denser plate?

a)

It will later reach the mantle, causing it to melt and turn into magma

b)

It will later reach the mantle and evaporate

c)

Volcanic arc will form

d)

It will generate a tsunami

12.

The squeezing force at plate boundaries is called

a)

No stress

b)

Compression

c)

Tension

d)

Shear

13.

The pulling force at a divergent boundary is called

a)

compression

b)

no stress

c)

tension

d)

shear

14.

The side by side dragging force at transform boundaries is called

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

no stess

d)

tension

15.

Mountain ranges are formed by

a)

heat

b)

erosion

c)

plate tectonics

d)

Wegener's Force

16.

What is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge

a)

basin stretching

b)

oceanic growth

c)

plate expansion

d)

seafloor spreading

17.

A sudden shaking of Earth's surface?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Volcano

c)

Earthquake

d)

A mesosaurus walking by

18.

Which of the following would you NOT find at a divergent boundary?

a)

volcanoes

b)

rift valleys

c)

trenches

d)

mid-ocean ridges

19.

What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with another ocean plate?

a)

trench & coastal volcano

b)

trench & island arc

c)

folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge

d)

folded mountain & rift valley

20.

What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with a continental plate?

a)

trench & coastal volcano

b)

trench & island arc

c)

folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge

d)

folded mountain & rift valley