Plate Boundaries Worksheet
Explore the different types of plate boundaries, their movements, and the geological features they create on Earth's surface.
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Plate Boundaries Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided image to help you answer questions about plate boundaries.
Examine the image below, then answer the questions.
1. Which type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates moving away from each other?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
2. When two plates slide past each other horizontally, it is called a boundary.
3. The collision of two continental plates at a convergent boundary often results in the formation of .
4. Describe one major geological event or feature that occurs at a divergent plate boundary.
5. Earthquakes are common at all three types of plate boundaries.
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False
Match the plate boundary type with the geological feature it typically forms.
6. Divergent boundary
a. Ocean trenches
7. Convergent boundary (oceanic-continental)
b. Mid-ocean ridges
8. Transform boundary
c. Fault lines
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