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Plate Boundaries & Plate Tectonics
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Test review for a 8th grade plate tectonics test. #platetectonics
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1
How does the divergent movement of two plates affect the ocean basin between them?
The height of the ocean basin increases.
The size of the ocean basin decreases.
The size of the ocean basin increases.
The ocean basin does not change.
2
Which of the following is happening at A in the picture?
transform boundary
sea floor spreading
earthquake
subduction
3
What type of boundary is responsible for seafloor spreading?
Convergent
Divergent
Subvergent
Transform
4
The Himalayan Mountains began forming as a result of which type of plate boundary?
transform
convergent
divergent
subduction
5
Which of the following is happening at B in the picture?
a folded mountain
a volcano
mid-ocean ridge
a fault-block mountain
6
What type of boundary exists along the San Andreas Fault where many earthquakes occur?
convergent
divergent
transform
trench forming
7
Which geological event is most likely caused by two continental plates colliding?
canyon forming
mountain building
sea floor spreading
volcano erupting
8
Which type of boundary is occurring at A?
a divergent boundary
a transform boundary
a convergent boundary
a strike slip boundary
9
Why does oceanic crust typically subduct under continental crust when the two converge?
The oceanic crust is thinner.
The oceanic crust is denser.
The oceanic crust is less dense.
The oceanic crust is cooler.
10
A divergent boundary is -
pushing together.
pulling apart.
sliding past.
subducting.
11
Which of the following occurs along transform boundaries?
mountain building
earthquakes
subduction
volcanoes
12
What event do you predict will occur at the boundary shown?
volcanic island formation
trench formation
a mountain range formation
an earthquake
13
What type of plate boundary exists between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
transform
subvergent
divergent
convergent
14
Compare the pictures. What inference can be made about Earth 225 million years in the future?
The plates will have stopped moving.
The landmasses will have changed.
There will be more volcanoes.
Earth will have more land than water.
15
Continental mountain ranges are usually associated with -
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
normal boundaries
16
Violent earthquakes are most likely to occur at which type of plate boundary?
Transform
Subvergent
Convergent
Divergent
17
What type of boundary most likely exists along the "Ring of Fire"?
a transform boundary
a rifting boundary
a divergent boundary
a convergent boundary
18
Which of the following contributes to the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
faults in mountain ranges
convection currents below the lithosphere
energy from the Sun
magnetic-pole reversals
19
A subduction zone creates a __________ and __________.
continent; oceans
mid-ocean ridge; mountains
earthquake; tsunamis
trench; volcanoes
20
The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is a –
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
normal boundary
21
What type of landform occurs where two tectonic plates with continental crust spread apart?
a mountain
a fault line ridge
a mid-ocean ridge
a rift valley
22
What type of plate boundary exists between the South American Plate and the African Plate?
subvergent
convergent
divergent
transform
