QUIZ NO: 2 PLATE BOUNDAIRES DATE:____________

Directions: You are going to answer 15 item test that will measure you understanding about the lesson , you must read each question
very carefully and choose the letter that corresponds the correct answer .

For items 1-3, please refer to the figure below.

1.Which plate boundary is formed between the Cocos plate and the 6. Plates move apart leaving a gap at
Caribbean plate? a. divergent plate boundaries
a. convergent c. reverse fault b. convergent plate boundaries
b. Divergent d. transform fault c. transform fault boundaries
2. Which plate boundary is formed between the Indo-Australian plate d. all of these
and the Antarctic plate? 7. Which type of stress creates a convergent plate boundary?
a. Convergent c. reverse fault a. compression b. shearing c. tension d. deformation
b. divergent d. transform fault 8. Which type of stress creates a divergent plate boundary?
3. Which plate boundary is formed between the Eurasian plate and a. compression b. shearing c. tension d. deformation
the African plate? 9. When two plates collide, what is the type of plate boundary
a. Convergent c. reverse fault between the two plates?
b. divergent d. transform fault a. Convergent c. reverse fault
4. Transform boundaries are zones where plates b. Divergent d. transform fault
a. slide past each other 10. This a type of plate boundary where plates neither collide nor
b. move together, causing one to go beneath the other move apart.
c. move apart, leaving a gap a. Convergent c. reverse fault
d. create new sea floor b. divergent d. transform fault
5. What happens when a divergent plate boundary moves?
a. tectonic plates move together, causing one to go beneath the other
b. tectonic plates move apart leaving a gap
c. tectonic plates slide past each other
d. denser tectonic plate subducts