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Earth and Science G10 Plate boundaries

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 3hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What geologic feature is form when two plates moves away from each other?

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2.

What geological feature is form when two plates collide to one another?

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3.

What geological feature is form when two plates slides past one another?

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4.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
5.

Which crust layer is denser than the other?

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

6.

What type of rock is most readily in the crust?

a)

Granite

b)

Quartz

c)

Gold

7.

What layer is plastic-like and allows the crust to flow over it?

a)

Mantle

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

8.

When pressure builds within the earth, it can suddenly break causing a ________________________________ to form.

a)

break

b)

fault

c)

volcano

9.

What famous transform boundary is located in California?

a)

San Andreas Fault

b)

The Rock Fault

10.

When to continental boundaries converge they form _____________________________ on land.

a)

Trenches

b)

Mountains

11.

What type of land formations do divergent boundaries make?

a)

Oceanic ridges

b)

Mountains

c)

Volcano arc

d)

Sea floor spreading

12.

The rising and falling of the rock and magma on the inside of the earth can cause ________________________ on the surface of the earth.

a)

Volcanoes & Earthquakes

b)

Mountain Formations

c)

Faults to Form

d)

All the above

13.

Earth’s magnetic field is caused by movement of metals within the outer core of the planet and causes a compass to always point north.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

_____________________________ currents within the mantle cause the earth’s plates to move and shift as molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

15.

At deep ocean trenches, seafloor is pushed back down into the earth where it will be “recycled” again someday as new earth. This process is called:

a)

Subduction

b)

Convection

16.

There are (a)   types of Plate Boundaries.

17.

Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?

a)

CONVERGENT

b)

DIVERGENT

c)

TRANSFORM

d)

SUBDUCTION

18.

The oceanic crust usually subduct beneath the continental crust when they collide because it is

a)

denser than continental crust

b)

less dense than continental crust

c)

thicker than continental crust

d)

thinner than continental crust

19.

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

a)

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

b)

New crust is underwater where it sinks

c)

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

d)

Nothing happens

20.

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

a)

Deep Trenches

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Subduction

d)

Volcanoes

21.

Aside from Earthquakes, what is the only thing you will find at transform boundaries?

a)

Fault lines

b)

Folded Mountains

c)

Subduction Zones

d)

Volcanoes

22.

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Seafloor Spreading

c)

Subduction

d)

Volcanism

23.

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

a)

CONVERGENT-CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

b)

OCEANIC-OCEANIC PLATE BOUNDARY

c)

OCEANIC-CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

d)

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

24.

Continental crust and continental crust come toward each other at a convergent plate boundary. This will likely form...

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

mountains

c)

rift valley

d)

volcano

25.

Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?

a)

CONVERGENT

b)

DIVERGENT

c)

TRANSFORM

d)

SUBDUCTION

26.

A subduction zone is formed...

a)

at transform boundaries

b)

when an ocean plate sinks below a continental plate creating a mountain range

c)

when an ocean plate sinks below a continental plate creating a trench and usually volcanoes

d)

when an ocean plate sinks below a continental plate creating a mid-ocean ridge and rift valley

27.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
28.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
29.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
30.

________ forces make rock layers slide past each other.

a)

tension

b)

shearing

c)

compression

d)

none of the above

31.

_______force stretch or pull rock layers from opposite directions. It is the opposite of compression.

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

shearing

d)

none of the above

32.

Occur when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.

a)

strike slip fault

b)

normal fault

c)

reverse fault

d)

boundary fault

33.

Tectonic stress that squeezes rocks together,

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

adhesion

d)

delusion

34.

A fracture in earth's crust is a

a)

tsunami

b)

fault

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

epicenter

35.

When two continental plates collide, neither one is subducted, and the plates buckle and fold.

a)

Transform

b)

Subduction

c)

Collision

d)

Divergent

36.

The theory that states that pieces of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion is the theory of...

a)

continental eruption

b)

plate boundaries

c)

plate tectonics

d)

lithospheric drift

37.

What type of landforms would you find near a subduction zone?

a)

rifts and valley

b)

mountains and new seafloor

c)

trenches and volcanoes

d)

volcanoes and glaciers

38.

Which crust subducts because it is denser than other crust?

a)

pizza crust

b)

oceanic crust

c)

continental crust

d)

new crust

39.

What type of plate boundary creates new sea floor?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction