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CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

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1.

Which plate undergoes subduction at oceanic - continental convergent plate boundaries? Why?

a)

The oceanic plate. It is denser than the continental plate

b)

The oceanic plate. It is less dense than the continental plate

c)

The continental plate. It is denser than the oceanic plate

d)

The continental plate. It is less dense than the oceanic plate

2.

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Plate Boundary

3.

Volcanic islands can form from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

4.

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

a)

Volcano

b)

Rift

c)

Mountain

d)

Island Arc

5.

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

a)

divergent

b)

transform

c)

convergent

d)

detergent

6.

What are the two types of crust

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

lower and upper

c)

ocean and upper

d)

pizza and subway

7.

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

a)

divergent

b)

ocean-to-continent convergent

c)

continent-to-continent convergent

d)

transform

8.

Mountains form from ...

a)

plates sliding past one another

b)

plates moving away from each other

c)

collision of plates

9.

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

a)

divergent

b)

transform

c)

convergent

d)

strike slip

10.

1. Subduction does not occur at which convergent plate boundary?

a)

Oceanic - Oceanic

b)

Continental - Continental

c)

Oceanic - Continental