Plate Tectonics Worksheet
An 8th-grade science worksheet covering plate tectonics, including plate boundaries, types of crust, and associated geological phenomena.
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Plate Tectonics: Earth's Dynamic Surface
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided space for your answers.
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. The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of plate boundary?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Spreading center
3. The Earth's outermost layer, consisting of the crust and upper mantle, is called the .
4. When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate in a process called .
5. New oceanic crust is formed at boundaries.
6. Earthquakes and volcanoes are commonly found along plate boundaries.
True
False
7. The theory of plate tectonics explains the movement of Earth's continents over geological time.
True
False
8. What are the three main types of plate boundaries? Briefly describe the movement at each.
9. Identify the three types of plate boundaries shown in the diagram below.
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