Plate Tectonics Review Quiz

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

What are mid -ocean ridges?

• Mountains in the ocean
• Things underwater
• A long chain of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
• Mid-ocean ridges.

The process in which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle again is what?

• Subduction
• Continental Drift
• Plate Tectonics
• Subuction

Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Drummond Matthews
• Fred Vine
• Alfred Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How is continental crust different from oceanic crust?

• Continental crust is thicker, and is made of basalt
• Continental crust is thinner, and is made of granite
• Continental crust is thicker, and is made of granite

What type of boundary may result in deep ocean trenches, volcanic islands, and volcanic mountains?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Both Convergent and Divergent

At which plate boundary do only earthquakes occur (no other landforms created)?

• Convergent
• Divergent 
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2