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WorksheetsSCIENCE 10 - QUIZ#4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?
Transform / Earthquakes
Subduction / Volcano Eruption
Tornado / Rain
Mountain Building / Volcanism
Where is new crust created?
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
new crust is never created
Where is crust destroyed?
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
crust is never destroyed
Which of these is a characteristic of divergent boundaries?
a mid-ocean ridge
a chain of volcanic islands
a mountain range
both shallow and deep earthquakes
What is happening under a mid-ocean ridge?
Hot magma is rising
Hot magma is sinking
Cool magma is rising
Cool magma is sinking
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 mid-ocean ridge
Volcanoes on the continent side
Volcanoes on the ocean side
A deep-ocean trench
How is subduction zone formed?
When two plates slide each past each other
When two plates move away from each other
When two plates move toward each other
When one tectonic plate sinks below another
What is/are formed when two oceanic plates collide? (Multiple answer)
Trench
Tsunami
Volcanic Island Arc
Mountain Ranges
What will happen to the leading edge of the subducted denser plate?
It will later reach the mantle, causing it to melt and turn into magma
It will later reach the mantle and evaporate
Volcanic arc will form
It will generate a tsunami
The squeezing force at plate boundaries is called
No stress
Compression
Tension
Shear
The pulling force at a divergent boundary is called
compression
no stress
tension
shear
The side by side dragging force at transform boundaries is called
compression
shear
no stess
tension
Mountain ranges are formed by
heat
erosion
plate tectonics
Wegener's Force
What is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge
basin stretching
oceanic growth
plate expansion
seafloor spreading
A sudden shaking of Earth's surface?
Tsunami
Volcano
Earthquake
A mesosaurus walking by
Which of the following would you NOT find at a divergent boundary?
volcanoes
rift valleys
trenches
mid-ocean ridges
What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with another ocean plate?
trench & coastal volcano
trench & island arc
folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge
folded mountain & rift valley
What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with a continental plate?
trench & coastal volcano
trench & island arc
folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge
folded mountain & rift valley
