WorksheetsScience Remedial Reviewer #2: Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What type of plate boundary is shown?
Divergent
Convergent: Continental-Continental
Convergent: Continental-Oceanic
Convergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
Transform
What type of plate boundary is shown?
Divergent
Convergent: Continental-Continental
Convergent: Continental-Oceanic
Convergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
Transform
Which statement/s is/are INCORRECTLY stated?
I. Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust.
II. Iron components of the continental crust contributes to its high density.
III. All plate boundaries are related to volcanism.
IV. Divergent movement is related to powerful earthquake
What land formation is formed in the image?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift Valley
Trench
Volcano
Which among the following illustrates the process of subduction?
All of the following plate boundaries can cause powerful earthquakes EXCEPT?
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Transverse plate boundary
What is the most common (dominant) plate boundary in the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Transverse plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Identify which layer of the earth do tectonic plates move
Asthenosphere
Outer core
Lithosphere
Lower Mantle
What are the two features that form near every subduction zone?
Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches
Volcanoes and Trenches
Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges
Volcanoes and Rift Valleys
At which tectonic plates will most likely experience catastrophic volcanic eruption, devastating earthquake, and tsunami?
J and L
B and F
B and D
N and I
Which Tectonic Plate Boundary can produce a catastrophic volcanic eruption, devastating earthquake and tsunami?
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Transverse plate boundary
Which among the following statements best describes what are 'tectonic plates'?
A.Tectonic plates are deep underground formations where seismic activity originates.
B.Tectonic plates are geological structures found in the Earth's mantle.
C.Tectonic plates are sections of the Earth's lithosphere, including the crust and uppermost mantle, that move and interact with each other.
D.Tectonic plates are layers of sedimentary rock forming the Earth's crust.
The Himalayan Mountains are produced by the COLLISION of Indian-Australian plate and Eurasian plate. What type of crusts are involved in this collision?
Divergent: Continental-Continental
Divergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
Convergent: Continental-Continental
Convergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
Which of the following illustrates a convergent plate boundary?
What geologic feature you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
Fault lines
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
death ring
fire zone
ring of fire
zone of fire
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Pacific Ring of Fire?
I. Subduction zones are a common feature of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where oceanic plates sink beneath continental plates.
II. The Pacific Ring of Fire is a region with mostly transform plate boundaries
III. . Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are more frequent along the Pacific Ring of Fire compared to other regions on Earth.
A. I only
B. I and III only
C. I, II and III
A. D. III only
10. Volcanism is associated with which of the following types of plates boundaries?
A. Convergent plate boundaries
B. Transform fault plate boundaries
C. Divergent plate boundaries
D. Divergent and convergent plate boundaries
The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of
boundary is it?
Converging
Diverging
Transform
Sea Floor Spreading
Match the following:
Transform Plate Boundaries
Crust is not created nor destroyed
Divergent Plate Boundaries
New crust is created
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Crust is returning to the mantle
