Plate Boundaries

 1. What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

• A. Inner, Outer, Middle

• B. Horizontal, Vertical, Circular

• C. Oceanic , Continental, Crustal

• D. Divergent, Convergent, Transform

2. What typically forms at a divergent plate boundary?

• A. Deep Trenches

• B. Mid-ocean ridge

• C. Mountain Ridges

• D. Volcano chains

3. Which plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the of the Himalayas?

• A. Continental-Continental Convergent

• B. Divergent

• C. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent

• D. Transform

4. What kind of boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• A. Transform

• B. Convergent

• C. Divergent

• D. Subduction

5. What mostly happens at a Transform Boundary?

• A. Earthquake

• B. Glacier Formation

• C. Ocean Current

• D. Volcanic Eruption

6. What happens at a convergent boundary?

• A. Plates slide past each other

• B. Plates move away from each other

• C. Plates move toward each other

• D. Plates stays in place

7. What rises from the mantle when plates move apart?

• A. Air

• B. Magma

• C. Sand

• D. Water

8. Transform boundary is also known as:

• A. Magma Fault

• B. Rift Valley

• C. Strike-Slip Fault

• D. Subduction Zone

9. Divergent boundary is also known as:

• A. Compressive Boundary

• B. Conservative Boundary

• C. Constructive Boundary

• D. Destructive Boundary

10. What happens to magma when it reaches the surface at a divergent boundary?

• A. It cools and forms new crust

• B. It evaporates

• C. It explodes violently

• D. It flows back into the mantle