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Three Types of Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many tectonic plates meet at a plate boundary?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

2.

What changes to Earth's surface occur near?

a)

Mountains

b)

Plate boundaries

c)

Oceans

d)

Deserts

3.

How many types of plate boundaries are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

4.

Fill in the blank: Convergent boundaries are where two plates move ______ each other.

a)

towards

b)

away from

c)

parallel to

d)

past

5.

Fill in the blank: Divergent boundaries are where two plates move ______ from each other.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

over

d)

under

6.

Transform boundary

a)

Two plates move towards each other

b)

Two plates move away from each other

c)

Two plates slide past one another

7.

Convergent boundary

a)

Two plates move towards each other

b)

Two plates move away from each other

c)

Two plates slide past one another

8.

Divergent boundary

a)

Two plates move towards each other

b)

Two plates move away from each other

c)

Two plates slide past one another

9.

What type of plate is the African Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

10.

What type of plate boundary is associated with the African Plate?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

11.

What type of plate is the Antarctic Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

12.

The type of plate boundary for the Antarctic Plate is ________.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

13.

What type of plate is the Arabian Plate?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

14.

What type of plate boundary is associated with the Arabian Plate?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

15.

What type of plate is the Australian Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

16.

What type of plate boundary does the Australian Plate have?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Subduction

17.

What type of plate is the Caribbean Plate?

(a)  

18.

What type of plate boundary does the Caribbean Plate have?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Subduction

19.

What type of plate is the Cocos Plate?

(a)  

20.

What type of plate boundary does the Cocos Plate have?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Passive

21.

What type of plate is the Eurasian Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

22.

The type of plate boundary for the Eurasian Plate is ________.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

23.

What type of plate is the Indian Plate?

(a)  

24.

What type of plate boundary does the Indian Plate have?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Passive

25.

What type of plate is the Nazca Plate?

(a)  

26.

What type of plate boundary does the Nazca Plate have?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Passive

27.

What type of plate is the North American Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Subducting

28.

Fill in the blank: The North American Plate has the following types of plate boundaries: ________, Convergent, and Divergent.

a)

Transform

b)

Subduction

c)

Continental

d)

Oceanic

29.

What type of plate is the Pacific Plate?

(a)  

30.

What type of plate boundary is associated with the Pacific Plate?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Subduction

31.

What type of plate is the Philippine Plate?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Micro

d)

Continental

32.

What type of plate boundary does the Philippine Plate have?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Passive

33.

What type of plate is the Scotia Plate?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Micro

d)

Continental

34.

What type of plate boundary does the Scotia Plate have?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Subduction

35.

Fill in the blank: The South American Plate is a (a)   plate.

36.

Fill in the blank: The type of plate boundary for the South American Plate is ______.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

37.

What type of boundary does the image show?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

38.

What type of boundary does the image show?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

39.

What type of boundary does the image show?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

40.

What type of plate boundary typically creates earthquakes?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform