Plate Tectonics Test Review LG 3.3

What types of boundaries do these pictures represent? (Top to bottom)

• Divergent, convergent, transform

• Transform, divergent, convergent

• Divergent, transform, convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The place where two plates collide is called a __________.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The place where two plates move apart is called __________.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The place where two plates slide past each other is called a __________.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

What type of landform occurs at a divergent boundary separating 2 plates of oceanic crust?

• mountains

• mid-ocean ridge

• tsunami

The movement of different temperatures of magma in the mantle that causes the plates to move is called:

• Seismic waves

• Convection currents

• Sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is subduction?

• new crust is formed

• when plates move horizontally past each other in opposite directions

• when one plate slides under another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Check all that apply: What features are formed when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

• They will form mid-ocean ridges

• They will form a trench

• They will form volcanic mountains

• They will form fracture zones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens if a continental convergent plate collides with another continental convergent plate?

• They will form a large mountain range

• They will form a deep-sea trench

• The denser oceanic plate is subducted

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What happens if an oceanic plate collides with another oceanic plate?

• They will form a deep-sea trench and volcanic island arc

• They will form a large mountain range

• They will form mid-ocean ridges

• They will form fault zone