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What happens when tectonic plates move?

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are tectonic plates made up of?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

2.

What type of rock is continental crust primarily made of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Sandstone

d)

Limestone

3.

What is the process called when one plate is forced below another?

a)

Erosion

b)

Subduction

c)

Fracture

d)

Sedimentation

4.

What happens when two continental plates collide?

a)

One plate is subducted

b)

They both sink

c)

They collide

d)

They float

5.

What is the main difference between continental and oceanic crust?

a)

Thickness

b)

Color

c)

Density

d)

Composition

6.

What is the term for the ability to float or rise?

a)

Subduction

b)

Fracture

c)

Buoyant

d)

Sediment

7.

What happens to the ocean between two continents before they collide?

a)

It expands

b)

It disappears

c)

It rises

d)

It freezes

8.

What forms as a result of the continental crust being thrust upward?

a)

Valleys

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Lakes

9.

What collects in the trench as the seafloor is subducted?

a)

Water

b)

Sediment

c)

Lava

d)

Ice

10.

What happens to the trench when the oceanic crust is completely subducted?

a)

It expands

b)

It collapses

c)

It rises

d)

It freezes

11.
What boundary creates mountains?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
fast
12.
Name the boundary.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
13.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Plate

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

d)

Transform