WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the correct definition of a Divergent boundary?
The movement of plates when they move away from each other
The movement of plates when they move past one another
The movement of plates when they move towards each other
What would be at a DIVERGENT boundary of two OCEANIC plates?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift
Island arc
Flat land
A boundary where tectonic plate are colliding together is called...
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
transform boundary
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
One plate going under another plate
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Slide/Transform
What would you most likely find at a CONVERGENT boundary between a CONTINENTAL plate and OCEANIC plate?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift
What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
What boundary is this?
Tranform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary (with collision)
Convergent Boundary (with subduction)
What do convergent boundaries cause?
Earthquakes
Volcanic activity
Tsunamis
What boundary is this?
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary (with collision)
Convergent Boundary (with subduction)
At this type of boundary, plates collide with each other
convergent
divergent
transform
The Andes Mountains formed when the Nazca plate and the South American plate:
converged
diverged
transformed
Asthenosphere
Large movable plates under the Earth's surface.
The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
tectonic plates
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
Large movable plates under the Earth's surface.
Continental plates are......
made of basalt
made of granite
are thick and buoyant
are thin and dense
What are plate tectonics?
The theory that large pieces of the lithosphere are plates that move and change shapes
The theory that large pieces of the lithosphere are plates that change shape
The theory that large pieces of the lithosphere are plates that move
Tectonic plates consist of
continental crust
mesospheric crust
both continental and oceanic crust
oceanic crust
