WorksheetsWhat happens when tectonic plates move?
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
What are tectonic plates made up of?
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
What type of rock is continental crust primarily made of?
Basalt
Granite
Sandstone
Limestone
What is the process called when one plate is forced below another?
Erosion
Subduction
Fracture
Sedimentation
What happens when two continental plates collide?
One plate is subducted
They both sink
They collide
They float
What is the main difference between continental and oceanic crust?
Thickness
Color
Density
Composition
What is the term for the ability to float or rise?
Subduction
Fracture
Buoyant
Sediment
What happens to the ocean between two continents before they collide?
It expands
It disappears
It rises
It freezes
What forms as a result of the continental crust being thrust upward?
Valleys
Mountains
Rivers
Lakes
What collects in the trench as the seafloor is subducted?
Water
Sediment
Lava
Ice
What happens to the trench when the oceanic crust is completely subducted?
It expands
It collapses
It rises
It freezes
What type of plate boundary is this?
Plate
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
