2nd Pre Test in Science 10 - Earth Science - Plate Boundaries

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

• 1. convergent

• 1. divergent

• 1. stable

• transform

Plates slide past each other at ______________.

• 1. subduction zone

• 1. divergent boundary

• 1. convection current

• transform fault boundary

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.

• 1. divergent boundary

• 1. transform boundary

• 1. lithosphere

• convergent boundary

Seafloor spreading is located at _____________.

• 1. transform plate boundary

• 1. convergent plate boundary

• 1. divergent plate boundary

• Indian plate

Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.

• 1. vertically

• 1. horizontally

• 1. quickly

• slowly

The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

• 1. mid-ocean ridge

• 1. convergent boundary

• 1. rift valley

• transform boundary

The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.

• 1. divergent boundary

• 1. convergent boundary

• 1. hot spot

• transform boundary

Philippine plate moves toward __________.

• 1. Australian plate

• 1. Arabian plate

• 1. Antarctic plate

• Eurasian plate

The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

• 1. Appalachian Mountains

• 1. Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• 1. San Andreas Fault

• Himalayas

This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.

• 1. divergent boundary

• 1. transform boundary

• 1. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary