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    SCIENCE 10 QUIZ Test II.

    Direction: Discuss the movement of the following


    Name:_______________________________________ types of plate boundaries and determine the
    geological feature of each plate boundaries.
    Grade & Section:______________________________

    Date:________________________________________
    1. Divergent Boundary -
    1. This theory states that Earth's crust and rigid upper
    mantle are broken into enormous slabs which move in
    different directions.
    a. tectonic plate theory 2. Convergent Boundary
    b. seafloor spreading theory *Continental-Oceanic Boundary
    c. the theory of Pangaea
    d. the floating Earth theory
    2. Tectonic plates interact at places called a plate____
    a. centers c. boundaries .
    b. reversals d. regions *Oceanic- Oceanic Boundary
    3. What causes tectonic plates to move?
    a. radiation from within the crust
    b. magnetic forces from the inner core
    c. convection currents in the mantle
    d. slow continental drift * Continental-Continental Boundary
    4. Most earthquakes occur near the______of tectonic
    plates.
    a. Circum-Pacific Belt c. center
    b. boundaries d. d. ocean ridges
    5. At what tectonic plate boundary do plates slide
    horizontally past each other?
    a. divergent boundary 3. Transform Boundary
    b. transform boundary
    c. continental-continental boundary
    d. oceanic-oceanic boundary
    6. Which feature is associated with a continental-
    continental plate boundary?
    a.a subduction zone c. a deep-sea trench
    b. mountain range d. a volcano Test III. ESSAY
    7. The type of tectonic plate boundary involving
    a collision between two tectonic plates is 1. How will you relate the Distribution of mountain
    a. divergent c. . convergent ranges with the distribution of earthquake epicenters
    b. transform fault d. normal and volcanoes.
    8. A boundary where plates move away from each
    other is called:
    A. divergent B. convergent
    C. transform D. shear boundary
    9. . What kind of plate boundary results to the
    formation of an Island arc?
    A. divergent boundary
    B. transform or shear boundary
    C. convergent boundary
    D. divergent Boundary
    10. What kind of plate boundary causes sea floor
    spreading like the one causing the Atlantic Ocean to
    widen?
    A. convergent boundary
    B. divergent boundary
    C. transform or shear boundary
    d. none of the above
    SIENCE 10 QUIZ
    Name:_______________________________________ Test II.
    Direction: Explain the different processes that
    Grade & Section:______________________________ occur along the plate boundaries.
    Date:________________________________________
    1. Convection Current
    1. A convection current is caused by differences in
    temperature resulting to variation in ___________.

    A. air pressure B. color C. density D. mass

    2. The motion of gas or liquid caused by


    differences in temperature is a _________.
    .
    A. tectonic movement
    B. B. plate tectonic

    C. C. convection current

    D. D. magma chamber 2. Slab Pull


    3. A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean
    ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding
    down ___________.
    A. slab pull
    B. ridge push
    C. convection current
    D. seafloor spreading
    4. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of
    tectonic plates?
    3. Ridge Push
    A. ridge push
    B. slab push
    C. drag force
    D. mantle convection
    5. Which of the following is NOT a method of
    heat transfer?
    A. condensation
    B. convection
    C. conduction
    D. radiation

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