Plate Tectonics Test

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-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is the Ring of Fire located? Use map 2

• It is located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• It surrounds the Pacific & Nazca plates
• It is on the western side of the Indo-Australian plate?
• It surrounds the South American plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What types of boundaries do these pictures represent? (Top to bottom)

• Divergent, convergent, transform

• Transform, divergent, convergent

• Divergent, transform, convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following correctly describes how the two plates are moving?

• One plate is sinking under the other.

• They are moving toward each other.

• They are moving away from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's lithosphere is separated into several major tectonic plates. Which list contains only the names of major tectonic plates?

• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern

• lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, mantle, crust

• North American, South American, Indo-Australian, Pacific, Eurasian

At what type of boundary do plates glide against each other ?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

At what type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

At what type of boundary do plates collide?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What type of landform occurs at a divergent boundary separating 2 plates of oceanic crust?

• mountains

• mid-ocean ridge

• tsunami

A break in Earth's surface along which rocks move is called:

• rift valley

• fault

• mountain