Review Questions for Chapter 3 Test

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

• Two continental plates converging

• An earthquake in a subduction zone

• A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

• Movement at a transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Volcanoes and Earthquakes typically occur _______________.

• along plate boundaries

• only under water

• only in hawaii

• where it is usually hot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence did Wegener use in his Continental Drift theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• Plant and animal fossils

• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The denser and thinner of the two plate types.

• continental crust
• oceanic crust

The less dense and thicker of the two plate types.

• oceanic crust
• continental crust

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Reform