Download Study Guide: Earth`s Structure Name: Choose the type of plate

Study Guide: Earth’s Structure
Name:_____________________
Choose the type of plate boundary in Column B that best matches each description in Column A, and
write the letter of the boundary in the space provided.
Column A
___1. The Pacific plate is sliding past the North
American Plate along the San Andreas fault in
the southwestern United States.
Column B
a. divergent boundary
___2. The Pacific plate is sliding under the
South American plate, creating the Andes
Mountains.
c. oceanic/oceanic convergent boundary
___3. The Indian plate is pushing into the
Eurasian plate, creating the Himalayas.
e. continental/oceanic convergent boundary
b. transform boundary
d. continental/continental convergent boundary
___4. The African plate is moving away from the
South American plate.
___5. The Pacific plate is sliding under the
oceanic crust of Japan, forming an island area.
___6. The part of the Earth on which the tectonic plates are able to move is the
a. lithosphere
b. asthenosphere
c. outer core
d. subduction zone
___7. The type of plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is
a. divergent
b. transform
c. convergent
___8. Mid-ocean ridges are associated with
a. divergent boundaries
b. convergent boundaries
c. transform boundaries
d. normal boundaries
___9. Which of the following appears to cause movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?
a. magnetic pole reversals
b. faults in mountain ranges
c. energy from volcanic activity
d. convection currents below the lithosphere
10. Where are most of the Earthquakes and volcanoes occurring around the world?
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11. What are some of the effects of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812?
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12. How does sea-floor spreading support the theory of plate tectonics?
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13. What is the Ring of Fire?
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14. What evidence did Alfred Wegener have to support his theory of continental drift?
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