WorksheetsTectonic Boundaries
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
2.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
3.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
4.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
5.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
6.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
7.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
8.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
9.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
10.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
11.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust
b)
Continental crust is younger than oceanic crust
c)
Continental crust is made of granite
d)
Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
12.
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
13.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.
a)
Mountain
b)
Island Arc
c)
Rift
d)
Volcano
14.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
15.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
16.
Ocean-to-ocean and subduction are two types of which boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
17.
Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Wagon
b)
Albert Wegener
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Albert Wagoner
18.
Which type of plate boundary DOES NOT cause volcanoes?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
19.
What are two common features found at convergent ocean-ocean plate boundaries?
a)
volcanoes and islands
b)
earthquakes and deep ocean trenches
c)
volcanic island arcs and deep ocean trenches
d)
volcanic island arcs and coral reefs
20.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
21.
In which type of boundary do the plates go away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)
normal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
22.
Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
fault
23.
Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean. Magma comes up and cools between the plates, forming...
a)
a fault
b)
a mid-ocean ridge
c)
a rift valley
d)
a trench
24.
Hot magma can rise at a subduction zone, and break through the crust in a...
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
tsunami
d)
hurricane
25.
Which of the following words/phrases would correctly fill in the blank?
Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ___________.
Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ___________.
a)
Hess
b)
Pangaea
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Wegener
26.
An ocean trench occurs when...
a)
plates divide and magma rises up
b)
oceanic crust subducts below continental crust
c)
we dig a hole in the ocean
d)
when plates slide past each other
27.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
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