Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

Which class are you in? Choose ONE

• Stempel 4A

• Stempel 4B

• Kottkamp 1A

• Donnelly 3A

• Donnelly 3B

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Convergent, Divergent, and Transparent
• Convergent, Observant, and Transform
• Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The mantle is made of magma. When magma rises and sinks in a circular motion, this is called ______________.

• a conduction current

• a hot spot

• a volcanic eruption

• a convection current

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

• mid ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench
• rift valley
• mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The scientific theory that the Earth's crust is made of moving plates.

• quakes
• seismic
• plate tectonics
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sometimes volcanoes form in the middle of a plate. What is the name for volcanoes that form far from plate boundaries? Hint: Hawaii is one of these!

• rifting

• folding

• hot spots

• subduction