Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundary Quiz (Q2W2)

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Subduction boundaries, collision boundaries, and sliding boundaries

• Tectonic boundaries, fault boundaries, and rift boundaries

• Oceanic boundaries, continental boundaries, and island boundaries

• Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries

Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other?

• convergent

• subduction

• transform

• divergent

What happens when two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary?

• Mountains are formed and earthquakes can occur.

• The plates separate and new oceanic crust is formed.

• The plates slide past each other and no significant geological events occur.

• Volcanoes are formed and tsunamis can occur.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

• Subduction plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

What is the process called when new crust is formed at a divergent boundary?

• convergent boundary

• subduction

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

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What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other horizontally?

• convergent plate boundary

• subduction plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

What is the term for the area where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another?

• divergent zone

• subduction zone

• collision zone

• convergent zone

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What happens when an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate?

• The oceanic plate transforms into a continental plate.

• The oceanic plate sinks into the mantle and creates a subduction zone.

• The oceanic plate rises above the continental plate.

• The oceanic plate disappears completely and does not affect the continental plate.

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Match the following

• divergent

• 
• convergent

• 
• transform

• 

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What types of landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

PICK TWO

• volcanoes

• new crust

• Trenches

• rift valley