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Plate Boundary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The place where to plates meet?

a)

Pattern

b)

Plate Boundary

c)

Mantle

d)

Earthquake

2.

Occurs when plates crash into or pull away from each other and hot magma from below rises up to the surface in an eruption?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tsunami

c)

Volcano

d)

Liquid inner core explodes

3.

Occurs when plate boundaries get stuck together, but the plates themselves keep moving?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Volcano

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tectonic Plates

4.

The pieces that make up Earth's surface?

a)

Jigsaw puzzle

b)

Pattern

c)

Plate boundary

d)

Tectonic Plates

5.

Match the name of the plate boundary to the correct diagram.

6.

The image shows the formation of a mountain range from interactions at plate boundaries. Type in the plate boundary that is MOST LIKELY responsible for the formation of the mountain range in the image.

A ​ (a)   ​ plate boundary formed the mountain range.

Choose from the below words

convergent

divergent

transform

7.

Name the boundary

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

sergent boundary

8.
a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

9.
a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

10.
a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

11.

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent C/C

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Divergent O/O

d)

Convergent C/O

e)

Convergent O/O

12.

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent C/C and Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C and Divergent O/O

c)

Transform and Divergent C/C

d)

Convergent O/O and Convergent C/O

13.

Mid Ocean Ridge

Seafloor spreading

Islands

Volcanos

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Transform

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

14.

Folded Mountains

The crustal feature above is formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Transform

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

15.

  • Faults
  • Earthquakes

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Transform

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

16.

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Transform

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

17.

The crustal feature above is formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Convergent C/O

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

18.

The crustal feature above is formed at:

a)

Divergent O/O

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Convergent C/O

d)

Convergent O/O

e)

Divergent C/C

19.

The crustal features above are formed at:

a)

Divergent C/C

b)

Convergent C/C

c)

Divergent O/O

d)

Convergent C/O

e)

Convergent O/O

20.

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

a)

Subduction

b)

Induction

c)

Abduction 

d)

Reduction

21.

What type of plate boundary is characterized by two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Subduction zone

22.

Which geological feature is commonly formed at a divergent plate boundary?

a)

Mountain range

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Deep ocean trench

d)

Volcanic island arc

23.

At which type of plate boundary would you most likely find a subduction zone?

a)

Transform boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Rift valley

24.

What is the primary cause of earthquakes at transform plate boundaries?

a)

Volcanic activity

b)

Tectonic plates colliding

c)

Tectonic plates sliding past each other

d)

Oceanic crust sinking

25.

Which type of plate boundary is most associated with the creation of new oceanic crust?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Continental collision zone