Q1 - M2- PLATE Boundaries
Quiz by Judy Ollin
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
- Q1
1. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
transform
convergent
stable
Divergent
30s - Q2
Plates slide past each other at ________________.
transform fault boundary
divergent boundary
convection current
subduction zone
30s - Q3
The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
transform boundary
lithosphere
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
30s - Q4
Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
30s - Q5
Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.
quickly
slowly
vertically
horizontally
30s - Q6
The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.
convergent boundary
rift valley
mid-ocean ridge
30s - Q7
Philippine plate moves toward __________.
Eurasian plate
Arabian plate
Antarctic plat
Australian plate
30s - Q8
The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary
San Andreas Fault
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayas
30s - Q9
This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.
convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
transform boundary
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
divergent boundary
30s - Q10
This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
transform boundary
convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
convergent continental-continental plate boundary
30s - Q11
Base on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away from Africa in what direction?
South
East
West
North
30s - Q12
At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
new crust is created
the crust separates
plates side past one another
the older crust is recycled by subduction
30s - Q13
The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.
gravitational force
radiation
tectonic force
convection current
30s - Q14
Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.
mid-ocean ridges
crumpled mountains
deep-sea trenches
island arc volcanoes
30s