Plate Tectonics Test Review

Earth is composed of layers of material with different properties. Which of the following is most likely to contain material that is in constant motion?

• inner core

• mantle

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lithospheric plates have moved to form land formations on Earth’s surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?

• a river

• a volcano

• an earthquake

• a mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

• They move several miles each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several feet each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several kilometers each year because of convection within Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

• an ocean

• a volcano

• a river valley

• a mountain chain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The movement of crustal plates results from circulating currents in material beneath the crust of Earth. Which best describes the material which moves the crustal plates?

• hot water

• molten rock

• liquid metal

• solid iron

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is the most likely cause of earthquakes?

• shifting rock layers

• crashing meteorites

• rotation of the core

• magnetic force

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

During subduction, one tectonic plate is forced below another. The subducting plate is forced into the

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

• inner core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Hawaiian Islands are in the middle of a large tectonic plate with many volcanoes. The volcanoes are the direct result of the tectonic plate

• being forced under another tectonic plate at a subduction zones.

• colliding with one another tectonic plate and being forced upward.

• moving over a hot spot where magma breaks through the crust.

• applying great pressure on the crust causing constant earthquakes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another most likely form

• volcanic island arcs.

• strike-slip faults.

• mid-ocean ridge.

• rift zones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The first person to introduce the idea of the continents moving around the surface of Earth was

• Neils Bohr

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener