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Name _________________________________________ Date ________________________ Period __________ Assessment 3.2 – Plate Tectonics Directions: Read through each question and select the best answer choice. 1. What are the three main types of tectonic plate boundaries? a. Convergent, Divergent, Transfer b. Convection, Divergent, Transform c. Convergent, Divergent, Transform d. Convection, Divergent, Transfer 2. Any one of the internally rigid crustal blocks of the lithosphere which move horizontally across the Earth’s surface relative to one another is known as a. Tectonic Plates b. Asthenosphere c. Outer Core d. Inner Core 3. Tectonic plates that are not moving directly toward or directly away from each other but rather two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction is what type of plate boundary? a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Reform 4. What geological feature can be created by a divergent boundary? a. Mountain Chains b. Volcanoes c. Earthquakes d. Mid-Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys 5. Which of these describes the outcome of the collision between oceanic and continental crust? a. The two portions of crust will stop moving b. The continental crust will subduct beneath the oceanic crust. c. The two portions of crust will slide past one another, side by side. d. The oceanic crust will subduct beneath the continental crust 6. What geological feature can be created by a transform boundary? a. Mountain Chains b. Volcanoes c. Earthquakes d. Mid-Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys 7. What is the difference between convergent and divergent plate boundaries? a. Convergent collides together, divergent divides apart b. Convergent collides together, divergent slides by each other c. Convergent divides apart, divergent collides together d. Convergent divides apart, divergent slides by each other 8. Which is the only plate boundary that does not involve magma? a. Convection b. Divergent c. Convergent d. Transform 9. A convergent boundary can form a mountain chain or a a. Rift Valley b. Sea-Floor Trench c. Mid-Ocean Ridge d. Continental Rift 10. The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault that is located at the border of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. What geologic feature may be created at this fault line? a. Mountains b. Volcanoes c. Rift Valleys d. Earthquakes 11. In which areas does subduction of the ocean floor take place? a. Rift Valleys b. The Lower Mantle c. Mid-Ocean Ridges d. Deep-Ocean Trenches 12. Which of the following is most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate? a. Mountain building at a continent-continent convergent boundary b. Magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary c. Two tectonic plates sliding past one another at a transform boundary d. Subduction of one oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary 13. If the locations of earthquakes over the past 10 years were plotted on a world map, which of the following would be observed? a. Earthquakes occur with the same frequency everywhere on Earth b. Earthquakes generally occur along the edges of tectonic plates c. Earthquakes most frequently occur near the middle of continents d. Earthquakes do not seem to occur in any consistent pattern 14. Use the diagram below to answer the following question. How was the mountain shown above most likely formed? a. Plates A and B are moving towards each other. b. Plates A and B are moving apart from each other. c. Plate A is moving away and Plate B is stationary. d. Plate A is stationary and Plate B is moving away. 15. Which of the following best describes Earth’s tectonic plates? a. They move away from each other at the equator. b. They move because of convection currents in the mantle. c. They collide at mid-ocean ridges. d. They form at subduction zones. 16. At which boundary do two plates pull apart? a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Mantle-Crust 17. Use the diagram below to answer the following question. On the map above, dark circles indicate the positions of volcanoes in the “Ring of Fire” in and around the Pacific Ocean. Dark lines indicate tectonic plate boundaries of Earth’s crust. According to this map, which of the following describes where volcanoes are most likely to form in the “Ring of Fire”? a. Volcanoes form in the middle of a tectonic plate. b. Volcanoes form below the surface of tectonic plates. c. Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet other plates. d. Volcanoes form where earthquakes are least like to occur. 18. The part of the Earth on which the tectonic plates are able to move is the a. Lithosphere b. Asthenosphere c. Mesosphere d. Subduction Zone 19. Cracks or breaks in Earth’s crust are known as a. Transforms b. Faults c. Forks d. Convergent 20. Two plates composed of rock similar density meet along a convergent boundary. Which statement describes what will happen where the two plates meet? a. The plates will rub against each other, causing shearing and creating fault lines in the interior of the plates. b. The plates will collide with neither plate subducting, causing the crust to pile up and form a mountain range. c. The plates will collide, and the compression will heat the plates, causing some of the plates to melt and form volcanic mountains d. The plates will rub against each other, causing one plate to subduct underneath the other plate and forming a deep trench along the boundary.