Quiz 2

Directions: Read carefully each item. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers. Write only
the letter of the best answer for each question.
1. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent
B. stable
C. divergent
D. transform
2. Plates slide past each other at ________________.
A. subduction zone
B. divergent boundary
C. convection current
D. transform fault boundary
3. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. lithosphere
D. convergent boundary
4. Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.
A. transform plate boundary
B. convergent plate boundary
C. divergent plate boundary
D. Indian plate
5. Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.
A. vertically
B. horizontally
C. quickly
D. slowly
6. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.
A. mid-ocean ridge
B. convergent boundary
C. rift valley
D. transform boundary
7. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. hot spot
D. transform boundary
8. Philippine plate moves toward __________.
A. Australian plate
B. Arabian plate
C. Antarctic plate
D. Eurasian plate
9. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.
A. Appalachian Mountains
B. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
C. San Andreas Fault
D. Himalayas
10. This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the
Arabian Plate.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
D. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
11. This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the Nazca Plate and the
South American Plate.
A. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
B. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
C. convergent continental-continental plate boundary
D. transform boundary
12. Base on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away from Africa in
what direction?
A. West C. North
B. East D. South
13. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
A. new crust is created
B. the crust separates
C. the older crust is recycled by subduction
D. plates side past one another
14. The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.
A. tectonic force
B. gravitational force
C. radiation
D. convection current
15. Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.
A. mid-ocean ridges
B. deep-sea trenches
C. crumpled mountains
D. island arc volcanoes
16. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.
A. move slowly but constantly
B. move in any direction
C. move faster
D. create another plate
17 The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.
A. convergent boundary C. transform-fault
B. divergent boundary D. hot spot
18. What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate?
A. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
B. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
C. convergent continental-continental plate boundary
D. transform boundary
19. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________.
A. lithosphere C. core
B. asthenosphere D. continents
20. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.
A. abyssal plains C. plate centers
B. plate boundaries D. ocean margin
21. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.
A. Magnetic Reversal C. Continental Slope
B. Plate Tectonic D. Continental Drift
22. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent C. divergent
B. stable D. transform plate
23. Plates slipping past each other at ________________.
A. subduction zone
B. convection current
C. divergent boundary
D. transform boundary
24. The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. lithosphere
D. convergent boundary
25. Based on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away from Africa
in what direction?
A. West C. North
B. East D. South
26. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
A. new crust is created
B. the older crust is melted by subduction
C. the crust separates
D. plates side past one another
27. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.
A. mid-ocean ridge
B. convergent boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. transform boundary
28. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. hot spot
D. transform boundary
29. Philippine plate moves toward ___________.
A. Australian plate
B. Mountain ranges
C. Trenches
D. Eurasian plate
30. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.
A. East Pacific Rise
B. San Andreas Fault
C. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
D. Himalayas