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WorksheetsTectonic Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
2.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
3.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
4.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
5.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
6.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
7.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
8.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
9.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
10.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
11.
The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.
a)
fault
b)
plate boundary
c)
plate edge
d)
ring of fire
12.
Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
13.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The name of a German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
A pink volcano
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
14.
Who is the person created with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Obama
15.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______
a)
convection.
b)
continental drift.
c)
Earthquake
d)
conduction
16.
Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?
a)
Converging
b)
Diverging
c)
Sliding
d)
No movement
17.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
18.
Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the
a)
big bang theory.
b)
theory of plate tectonics.
c)
origin of the species.
d)
theory of natural selection.
19.
There are three types of plate boundaries. Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
thrust
c)
divergent
d)
transform
20.
Where do we get new crust forming?
a)
Mid Ocean Ridges
b)
Trenches
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Subduction zones
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