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Quiz 10- Plate Tectonics

Authored by Allison Romano

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9th - 12th Grade

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Quiz 10- Plate Tectonics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

Pull apart
Come together
Slide past each other
subducting

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The movement of tectonic plates is inferred by many scientists to be driven by

tidal motions in the hydrosphere

density differences in the troposphere

convection currents in the asthenosphere

solidification in the lithosphere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate, the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust. What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on top of the oceanic crust?

Continental crust is less dense.

Continental crust deforms less easily.

Continental crust melts at higher temperatures.

Continental crust contains more mafic minerals.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which feature is commonly formed at a plate boundary where oceanic crust converges with continental crust?

a mid ocean ridge

a transform fault

new oceanic crust

an ocean trench

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which evidence causes most scientists to believe that sea

floor spreading occurs at the mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Oceanic crust is oldest at the ridge.

Large sedimentary folds exist in the mantle near the ridge.

Oceanic crust on both sides of the ridge is less dense than

continental crust.

Oceanic crust on both sides of the ridge shows matching

patterns of reversed and normal magnetic polarity.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map

of Iceland, a country located on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge. Four locations are represented by the letters A through D. The youngest bedrock is most likely found at which location

A

B

C

D

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