Plate Boundaries Worksheet
Explore the different types of plate boundaries, their characteristics, and the geological features they create.
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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 answer some questions.
Observe the image below showing different types of plate boundaries.
1. Which type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates moving towards each other?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Conservative boundary
2. What geological feature is typically formed at an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift valley
Volcanic island arc
Fold mountains
3. At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move from each other, often leading to the formation of new crust.
4. The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a boundary, where plates slide past each other horizontally.
5. Describe the process of subduction and explain where it occurs.
6. Explain the difference in geological features formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary versus an oceanic-continental convergent boundary.
7. Earthquakes are only associated with transform plate boundaries.
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False
8. Volcanoes are commonly found at divergent plate boundaries.
True
False
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