Quiz about Plate Motion Review

Question 1

Moving toward the same place

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Cross Section

Answer

Pattern

Question 2

Moving Apart

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Cross Section

Answer

Plate

Question 3

an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Outer Layer

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Trench

Answer

Volcanic Activity

Question 4

How often or fast something happens

Accepted Answer

Rate

Answer

Trench

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Volcanic Activity

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Pattern

Question 5

A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.

Accepted Answer

Trench

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Rate

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Analyze

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Mantle

Question 6

Cross Section

Accepted Answer

A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.

Answer

A diagonal portion of a larger object.

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When two line are drawn over each other at a 90⁰angle.

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A piece of a pizza.

Question 7

Plate Boundary

Accepted Answer

The place where two plates meet; most volcanoes and earthquakes occur here.

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The location where the food falls onto the table.

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Where one country ends and another begins.

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The edge of your patella.

Question 8

Tectonic Plate

Accepted Answer

One of the very large sections of hard rock that make up Earth's outer layer.

Answer

A new song release from "P-late."

Answer

An object that is used for serving food on.

Answer

Round, smooth portions of the Mantle.

Question 9

Question 9.

Accepted Answer

Convergent?

Answer

Divergent?

Answer

Transform?

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Classic

Question 10

Question 10.

Accepted Answer

Divergent?

Answer

Convergent?

Answer

Transform?

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Classic?

Question 11

Mid-Ocean Ridge?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

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C.

Answer

D.

Question 12

At which boundary do you find a trench?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Strike-Slip

Question 13

Which of these statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

Earth's plate movement causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions along the plate boundary.

Answer

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions cause the plates to move at the plate boundary.

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Earth's plates move very fast.

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Earth's mantle is made of hard, solid rock.

Question 14

Which statement best describes Earth's outer layer?

Accepted Answer

Earth's outer layer is made up of hard, solid rock.

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Earth's outer layer is made up of a soft solid material.

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Earth's outer layer is a combination of hard, solid rock and a soft, solid material.

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Earth's outer layer is made up of hard, solid rock or water; it depends on where you go.

Question 15

Earth's plates are a __________ solid material. Earth's mantle is a ________ solid material.

Accepted Answer

Hard; soft

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Soft; hard

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Soft; soft

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Hard; hard

Question 16

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock making up Earth's outer layer?

Accepted Answer

Plate

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Pattern

Answer

Inner core

Question 17

What best describes Earth's mantle?

Accepted Answer

The soft, solid rock on which the plates move.

Answer

Liquid, melted rock below the outer layer.

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The hard, solid rock beneath the plates.

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Liquid, melted rock on which the plates move.

Question 18

Earthquakes are caused by plate motion. The plates are constantly moving, and this sometimes causes sudden shaking at the surface.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 19

Which diagram shows what happens at a convergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

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A and B

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None of the above

Question 20

The plate boundary shown in the image is a ______ boundary because...

Accepted Answer

Convergent; the plates are moving towards each other.

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Convergent; the plates are moving away from each other.

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Divergent; the plates are moving towards each other.

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Divergent; the plates are moving away from each other.

Question 21

The plate boundary shown is ______________ . This means that _____ .

Accepted Answer

Divergent; the plates will separate, and magma from the mantle will create new rock on the edges of the plates over time.

Answer

Divergent; one plate will be pushed into the mantle and the other will experience uplift.

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Convergent; the plates will collide, and one plate will subduct into the mantle.

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Convergent; the plates will separate and water will fill the gap between them over time.

Question 22

At this boundary, what will happen to locations A and B over time?

Accepted Answer

A and B will move towards each other over time.

Answer

A and B move away from each other over time.

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A and B will stay in the same area over time.

Question 23

At this boundary, what will happen to locations A and B over time?

Accepted Answer

A and B move away from each other over time.

Answer

A and B will stay in the same area over time.

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A and B will move towards each other over time.

Question 24

Based on what we know about plate motion today, how did the plates move in the past?

Accepted Answer

They moved slowly over time to the positions they are in now

Answer

They moved suddenly and rapidly to their current locations

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earthquakes caused the plates to move to their current locations

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none of the above

Question 25

Which piece of evidence could we use to assume that two continents used to be connected?

Accepted Answer

identical landforms and similar rock formations on both continents

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The presence of earthquakes on one of the continents

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Identically shaped bodies of water on both continents

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Similar climates for both continents

Question 26

What evidence could you use to prove that 2 plates are moving?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes- by recording an earthquake that is happening on a plate boundary

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Your eyes- by sitting and watching the plates move over time

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GPS sensors- by putting them out one day and then checking them 10 minutes later

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your eyes- by going down to the ocean floor and observing what happens to the water as it dries up when it touches the mantle

Question 27

How do the plates move?

Accepted Answer

By moving around on the soft solid rock

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They are pushed around by earthquakes

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Volcanic eruptions cause them to move around

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By moving around on hard solid rock

Question 28

An oceanic trench is caused by what kind of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 29

The Mid-Ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range formed from what type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 30

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 31

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

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Transform

Question 32

Which one of these can serve as evidence for plate boundary movement?

Accepted Answer

All

Answer

Fossils

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Mountains

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Earthquakes

Question 33

Which diagram shows what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 34

How could these fossils be found in both South Africa and India?

Accepted Answer

India and South Africa are on different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.

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India and South Africa are on different plates. They were separated from many earthquakes and volcanic activity over time.

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India and South Africa are on different plates. They floated away from each other across the ocean.

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India and South Africa are on different plates. Suddenly, many years ago, they split apart to where they are now.

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