WorksheetsThree Types of Plate Boundaries
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
How many tectonic plates meet at a plate boundary?
One
Two
Three
Four
What changes to Earth's surface occur near?
Mountains
Plate boundaries
Oceans
Deserts
How many types of plate boundaries are there?
2
3
4
5
Fill in the blank: Convergent boundaries are where two plates move ______ each other.
towards
away from
parallel to
past
Fill in the blank: Divergent boundaries are where two plates move ______ from each other.
away
towards
over
under
Transform boundary
Two plates move towards each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates slide past one another
Convergent boundary
Two plates move towards each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates slide past one another
Divergent boundary
Two plates move towards each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates slide past one another
What type of plate is the African Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Subducting
What type of plate boundary is associated with the African Plate?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
What type of plate is the Antarctic Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Subducting
The type of plate boundary for the Antarctic Plate is ________.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
What type of plate is the Arabian Plate?
Major
Minor
Micro
Subducting
What type of plate boundary is associated with the Arabian Plate?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
What type of plate is the Australian Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Subducting
What type of plate boundary does the Australian Plate have?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Subduction
What type of plate is the Caribbean Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary does the Caribbean Plate have?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
What type of plate is the Cocos Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary does the Cocos Plate have?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Passive
What type of plate is the Eurasian Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Subducting
The type of plate boundary for the Eurasian Plate is ________.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
What type of plate is the Indian Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary does the Indian Plate have?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Passive
What type of plate is the Nazca Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary does the Nazca Plate have?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Passive
What type of plate is the North American Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Subducting
Fill in the blank: The North American Plate has the following types of plate boundaries: ________, Convergent, and Divergent.
Transform
Subduction
Continental
Oceanic
What type of plate is the Pacific Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary is associated with the Pacific Plate?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
What type of plate is the Philippine Plate?
Major
Minor
Micro
Continental
What type of plate boundary does the Philippine Plate have?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Passive
What type of plate is the Scotia Plate?
Minor
Major
Micro
Continental
What type of plate boundary does the Scotia Plate have?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
Fill in the blank: The South American Plate is a (a) plate.
Fill in the blank: The type of plate boundary for the South American Plate is ______.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
What type of boundary does the image show?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of boundary does the image show?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of boundary does the image show?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of plate boundary typically creates earthquakes?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
