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DCA 4 Review Part 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a convergent boundary?

a)

When plate tectonics collide or crash into each other

b)

When plate tectonics divide or move away from eachother

c)

When plate tectonics slide past each other

d)

When plate tectonics stay still

2.

Subduction Zones have volcanoes

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The San Andreas Fault is an example of which of the following boundaries?

a)

Convergent: Collision

b)

Convergent: Subduction

c)

Divergent

d)

Sliding/Transform

4.

What boundary would have most likely created the Mariana Trench?

a)

Convergent: Subduction

b)

Convergent: collision

c)

Divergent

d)

Sliding/Transform

5.

When two plates converge on land, they form_______.

a)

mountains

b)

rivers

c)

valleys

d)

lakes

6.

When subduction happens, which plate will go under the other plate?

a)

the denser one

b)

the less dense one

c)

the one with magma

d)

the one with mountains

7.

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

a)

the oceanic crust is melting.

b)

the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

c)

volcanic islands are forming.

d)

the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

8.
What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?
a)
The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal
b)
The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
c)
The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin
d)
The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.
9.

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

10.

What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Subduction Zones

c)

Tsunamis

d)

Earthquakes

11.

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

a)

Convection

b)

Subduction

c)

Seafloor Spreading

12.

A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Deep Ocean Trench

d)

Subduction Zone

13.

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Subduction Zone

d)

Deep Ocean Trench

14.

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

a)

Volcanoes and Trenches

b)

Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

c)

Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

d)

Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

15.

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

a)

Covergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform