WorksheetsPlate Boundaries Oceanography Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
A volcanic island arc is formed by which type of convergent boundary?
Oceanic-continental convergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
Continental-continental convergent
The deepest part of the ocean floor is found in the
Japan Trench
Aleutian Trench
Mariana Trench
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of boundary?
Divergent
Convergent
transform-fault
What forms the island chain in the middle of the Pacific Plate we call Hawaii?
Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Mantle plume (intraplate activity)
Deep ocean trenches are a sign of what type of boundary?
Convergent boundary (subduction zone)
Divergent boundary
Transform-fault boundary
Identify what type of plate boundary forms the following landform: Islands of Japan.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform-Fault Boundary
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Identify what type of plate boundary forms the following landform: Hawaiian Islands.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform-Fault Boundary
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Identify what type of plate boundary forms the following landform: French Polynesia.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform-Fault Boundary
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Identify what type of plate boundary forms the following landform: The Rio Grande Rift.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform-Fault Boundary
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Identify what type of plate boundary forms the following landform: East Pacific Rise.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform-Fault Boundary
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Organize these landmarks into the type of convergent boundary that formed them
Cascade Mountains
Andes Mountains
Islands of Japan
Indonesia
Micronesia
The Philippines
The Lesser Antilles
The Himalayan Mountains
Alps
The Transverse Range in California
Organize these divergent boundaries by where they occur on the planet
Mid Atlantic Ridge
East Pacific Rise
Juan De Fuca Ridge
East Africa Rift
The Rio Grande Rift
Organize these landforms by what type of plate boundary forms it
San Andreas Fault
Garlock Fault
Alpine Fault
Hawaii
French Polynesia
Iceland
Which type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the San Andreas Fault?
Mantle Plume (Hot Spot)
Transform-Fault Boundary
Divergent
Convergent
Which landform is most commonly associated with a divergent plate boundary?
Volcanic island arc
Deep ocean trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Fold mountain range
Which of the following is formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary?
Fold mountains
Mid-ocean ridge
Island arc
Oceanic trench
