Module 7: Causes of Plate Movements

The hot, molten material that rises towards the surface of the mid-ocean ridge flows___________, carrying the seafloor _________ from the ridge.

• forward, toward

• sideways, away

• forward, away

• sideways, toward

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What process causes one tectonic plate to sink beneath another at a subduction zone?

• slab pull

• ridge push

• transform

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following best describe the rocks in the mid-ocean ridge?

I.Younger

II.Older

III.Made up of volcanic rocks

• I only

• II and III

• I and III

• I, II, III

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All are the main drivers of plate movement, except?

• fault

• ridge push

• slab pull

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does convection current occurs?

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

• core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where the old seafloor destroys when it gets farther from the ridge?

• at the fault

• at the rift valley

• at the Earth’s core

• at the subduction zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following best describes seafloor spreading?

• It is the theory of moving lithospheric plates.

• Old seafloor are found at the mid-ocean ridge.

• New seafloor is formed near the mid-ocean ridge and moves outward.

• Continent were once large landmass, broke apart and drifted from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Slab Pull: Mantle ; Ridge Push :

• mantle

• core

• ridge

• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What force that acts on the new, raised seafloor around mid-ocean ridges?

• gravity

• magnetic

• friction

• normal

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following causes the plates to move away from each other?

• slab pull

• earthquake

• ridge push

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3