WorksheetsApes Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Where oceanic plates meet continental plates, old oceanic crust is pulled downward and the heavier oceanic crust slides underneath the lighter continental plate. This is called
Seafloor spreading
Abduction
Subduction
Convection
Which type of boundary results in the creation of mountains, island arcs, earthquakes, and volcanoes?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Which of the following occur when stress overcomes a locked fault, releasing stored energy.
Rift Valleys
Volcanoes
Mountains
Earthquake
The huge blocks of the earth's crust that slide around slowly are called
Volcanoes
Tectonic Plates
Rift Valleys
Mid ocean ridges
When plates move away from each other and creates new lithosphere
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent
Transform
The San Andreas fault is which type of plate boundary?
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
In the diagram, A represents a
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
In the diagram, at which letter are you most likely to have island arcs.
A
B
C
D
Seafloor spreading, rift valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes will be found at what letter
A
B
C
D
What type of boundary is shown in the picture
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Which type of boundary results in the creation of rift valleys, volcanoes, seafloor spreading, and earthquakes
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Transform boundaries mainly result in
Island Arcs
Seafloor spreading
Earthquakes
Mountains
As oceanic plates move apart rising magma forms new oceanic crust this is known as
Volcanoes
Seafloor spreading
Mid-ocean ridges
Mountains
Mountains on the ocean floor created by Sea Floor Spreading
Sea Floor spreading
Subduction
Volcanoes
Mid-ocean ridges
when a plate moves over a hot spot and the heat form the rising mantle plume will melt the crust
Volcanoes
Mountains
Earthquakes
Subduction
When plates move toward one another and collide.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
When plates slide past one another.
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Plate
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
Energy from the Sun
Magnetic Pole Reversal
Convection currents in the mantle
Faults in Mountain Ranges
Which type of plate boundary is primarily responsible for the formation of the Himalayas?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
What geological feature is created when two tectonic plates move apart?
Mountain Range
Rift Valley
Volcanic Arc
Trench
Which process is responsible for the recycling of oceanic crust back into the mantle?
Seafloor Spreading
Subduction
Convection
Erosion
What is the primary cause of tectonic plate movement?
Gravitational Pull
Earth's Rotation
Convection Currents in the Mantle
Solar Energy
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the San Andreas Fault?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
What is the term for the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
Epicenter
Hypocenter
Fault Line
Seismic Zone
