Plate Tectonic Quiz

Which type of plate boundaries can lead to the formation of volcanoes?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Which best describes how plates are moving at a transform boundary?

• Plates move past each other sideways

• Plates move towards each other

• Plates move away from each other

Which of the following plate boundaries is involved in trench formation?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Which of the following are pieces of evidence for continental drift theory?

• Fossil species found across different continents

• The continents roughly fit together like a puzzle

• Magnetic striping on the ocean floor moving away from mid-ocean ridges

• Shoreline erosion occurs everywhere on the planet

Which type of plate boundary is most likely to form a tsunami?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

• matching fossils
• Ancient climates
• paleomagnetism
• Matching rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a ____.

• volcanic island arc
• continental volcanic arc
• earthquake
• ocean ridges (seafloor spreading)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the theory of plate tectonics, ________.

• the asthenosphere is divided into plates
• the lithosphere is divided into plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together?

• convergent
• transform
• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3