Unit 2: Plate Boundaries •​ Grade 10

Lesson 2.1: Divergent Plate Boundaries

Worksheet 2

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Instructions: Modified True or False. Write true if the statement is correct. If false,
underline the text that makes the statement incorrect and write the correct word or group
of words to make it correct.
_ 1. The boundaries where plates move away from each other are called
divergent plate boundaries.

2. Divergent boundaries are located only along ocean ridges.

3. Seafloor spreading is the process occurring in mid-oceanic ridges in

which both sides of the ridge move apart, forming a new oceanic crust.

4. The elevated area in the seafloor where volcanism and high heat flow
are present is called the seafloor ridge.

5. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a spreading center.

_____________ 6. Divergent boundaries may not develop within

continents.

7. Continental rifts are formed through the spreading of landmasses.

_ 8. When continental rifts continue to widen over the course of time, it

could form a new continent.

9. The seafloor spreading theory was proposed by Robert Dietz.

_ 10. The rate of seafloor spreading in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge per year is
much faster than the spreading along the East Pacific Rise.