Grade 9 Plate Boundary Worksheet
Explore the different types of plate boundaries and their associated geological features with this Grade 9 science worksheet.
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Plate Boundaries: Earth's Dynamic Edges
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. Refer to the image below for the first section.
Identify the types of plate boundaries shown in the diagram.
1. Label the three main types of plate boundaries shown in the diagram.
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2. Which type of plate boundary is primarily associated with the formation of new oceanic crust?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
3. The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of what type of plate boundary?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Hot spot
4. At a boundary, two plates slide past each other horizontally.
5. The process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another is called .
6. Mid-ocean ridges are formed at plate boundaries.
7. Describe the geological features typically found at a convergent boundary where oceanic crust collides with continental crust.
8. Explain how the movement of plates at a divergent boundary leads to the formation of new crust.
9. Earthquakes only occur at transform plate boundaries.
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False
10. Volcanoes are commonly found along divergent plate boundaries.
True
False
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