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WorksheetsPlate Boundaries
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Rift Valley
When magma in the earth’s mantle develops a great pressure, the ground above it is pushed upward. If this happens in the middle of an ocean, what landform is produced?
Mountain
Trenches
Rift Valley
Volcanic Island
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains ranges to form?
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary.
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Rift Valley
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
earthquakes
deep sea trenches
underwater
mountain ranges
volcanoes
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Neither continental or oceanic crust
Both continental and oceanic crust
The place where two tectonic plates meet.
mantle
plate boundary
focus
conveyor's belt
A place where most volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
along the coast
in the Arctic
along tectonic plate boundaries
in the ocean
When a plate is denser, it subducts toward the mantle and forms magma. This process ends up in the formation of ______.
mountain range
volcanoes
faults
trenches
In the convergence between a continental and an oceanic plate, there is subduction. Which of the following statements does not support this fact?
One plate carries water along with it.
One plate is denser.
The temperature in the mantle is higher than in the crust
One plate overrides the other.
This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
transform fault
tall mountains
mid-ocean ridge
ocean trench
Why are volcanoes mostly found at places where continents meet the seas?
It is where water meets land.
It is where the oceanic plates subduct under the continental plate.
Underneath it is a subduction zone.
More magma is produced under the ground because of the muddy seafloor.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______
conduction.
subduction.
continental drift.
convection.
Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because?
He lied by including false evidence
His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion
His evidence was not clear in showing how continents were joined
He did not explain how continents move and what moves them
Differentiate convergent boundary, divergent boundary, and transform fault boundary based on how plate tectonic moves and land formation formed during the process. (5 points)
Differentiate the three types of convergent boundaries and cite examples of land formation formed during the process. ( 5 points )
Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that
the oceanic crust is melting.
volcanic islands are forming.
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
the denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust
