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Plate Boundaries Time.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large, giant supercontinent land mass is called

a)

continental drift

b)

plate tectonics

c)

pangaea

d)

oceanic crust

2.

Plates that diverge or move apart from each other

a)

divergent

b)

transform

c)

convergent

d)

lithosphere

3.

Cracks or breaks in earth's crust where plates slip past each other

a)

subduction

b)

faults

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

san andreas

4.

Continental plate collides with another continental plate creates

a)

volcanoes

b)

earthquake

c)

trench

d)

folded mountains

5.

Occurs when a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate

a)

tectonic plates

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

landmass

6.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

faults

7.

Plates boundary where plates slide or move past each other

a)

divergent

b)

continental drift

c)

transform

d)

convergent

8.

The type of geological event that occurs under transform boundaries

a)

folded mountains

b)

earthquakes

c)

volcanoes

d)

tsunamis

9.

Ocean plate collides with ocean plate creates

a)

mid- ocean ridge

b)

sea floor spreading

c)

earthquakes

d)

volcanic ark of islands

10.

What plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

neither

11.

Which of the following geological events do not occur under divergent boundaries?

a)

sea floor spreading

b)

mid- ocean ridge

c)

volcanoes

d)

rift valley

12.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

folded mountains

b)

transform

c)

convergent

d)

divergent

13.

Plates collide or converge into each other

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

d)

convection

14.

Which of the following answer choice describes an ocean plate vs continental plate?

a)

creates trench or volcano

b)

creates earthquakes at subduction zones

c)

creates folded mountains or new land

d)

creates rift valleys

15.

Which natural occurance causes the tectonic plates to move?

a)

ocean plates subducted under continental plates

b)

convection currents

c)

continental drift

d)

earthquakes

16.

Subduction occurs under which plate boundary?

a)

lithosphere

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

transform

17.

The plastic like layer of the Earth where the plates move around on like a raft

a)

ecology

b)

tectonic plates

c)

asthenosphere

d)

lithosphere

18.

What is the lithosphere?

a)

upper most part of the crust and lower part of the mantle

b)

upper most part of the mantle and lower part of the crust

c)

mid mantle where convection current occur

d)

part of the liquid outer core

19.

The deepest part of the ocean floor located on both sides of a mid ocean ridge is called

a)

new forming rock under water

b)

oceanic plate

c)

mid ocean ridge

d)

ocean basin

20.

What is happening in the picture?

a)

layers of the Earth are changing positions

b)

the inner and outer core are solid

c)

convection currents are causing the tectonic plates to move

d)

the mantle is growing

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