Plate Tectonics Review 1

The best evidence that the continents were once connected is that they have matching

• Weather, fossils, and Rock Types
• Rock types, fossils, coastlines
• Coastlines, weather, rock types
• Coastlines, weather, fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth's continents were once in vastly different positions than they are today?

• Penguins only found in southern hemisphere
• Fossils of tropical plants found in Antartica
• Volcanoes encircling Pacific Ocean
• Major rivers from deltas from continental erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What could Wegener not correctly explain about his theory of continental drift?

• Connection of fossils
• Rock types aligning 
• What it feels like to be in a weather balloon for  52 hours
• The force responsible for the continents moving

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Volcanoes form at which plate boundaries?

• convergent and transform boundaries

• divergent and transform boundaries

• convergent and divergent boundaries

• convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries

Which of the following features can form as a result of a subduction zone?

• trenches only

• volcanoes only

• volcanoes and trenches

• volcanoes, trenches, and rift valleys