Continental drift and plate tectonics science midterm review

What type of plates move away from each other?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

What type of plates slide past each other?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plates move toward each other?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

When two pieces of continental crust collide at a converging boundary a _______________ is produced.

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep-ocean trench

• rift valley

• mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as

• a rift valley

• a transform boundary

• a convergent boundary

• a divergent boundary

The movement of Earth's plates is caused by

• conduction

• earthquakes

• Earth's magnetic field

• convection currents in the mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench back into the mantle it is known as the process of

• conduction

• convection

• continental drift

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False. The supercontinent that existed billions of years ago is known as Pangaea.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4