Plate tectonic test prep

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

The place where two plates come together is known as a _________ _________.

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Rift valley

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are the two types of crust?

• Continental and oceanic

• Ocean and upper

• Lower and upper

• Pizza and subway

Which letter represents the point where the "lava" begins to cool in the convection current?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as __________.

• Convection

• Continental drift

• Subduction

• Conduction

What type of rock makes most of the oceanic crust?

• Sedimentary

• Basalt

• Metamorphic

• Limestone

Tectonic plates:

• move slowly

• sometimes press against or pull away from each other

• sometimes scrape against each other

• all of the choices above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

• it did not agree with their current theory

• Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

• Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

• Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

• convergent 
• transform
• divergent