
Plate Tectonics
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The edges of moving tectonic plates are called -
Ocean basins
Tectonic plate boundaries
Intercontinental plains
Faults
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the following features indicate tectonic activity except -
Mid-ocean ridges
Trenches
U-shaped Valleys
Volcanic Island Arcs
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the landforms is most likely to result when two continents collide?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Islands
Rift Valleys
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which feature is not likely to occur at a subduction zone?
Trench
Mid-ocean Ridge
Volcanic Island Arc
Continental Volcanic Arc
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 36,160 feet below sea level. This deep oceanic trench is caused by -
Swift ocean currents eroding away the ocean floor
The collapse of an empty magma chamber in a large volcano
Excessive boat traffic disrupting the normal sedimentation process
Two tectonic plates colliding and one plunging below the other
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One part of California is on the Pacific Plate, while the remainder of the state is on the North American Plate. One plate is sliding past the other. This is what kind of boundary?
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Diversion Boundary
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and ridges are formed because -
Sediments are deposited where the floor spreads, building ridges
As the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges
Ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor, pushing up ridges
Underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges
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