Plate Tectonics Practice

Scientists found that the continents were moving apart from each other due to magma rising out of mid-ocean ridges, and they called this

• seafloor spreading.

• seafloor rising.

• changing seafloor.

• underwater volcanoes.

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Plate margins are places where a lot of tectonic activity occur. Earthquakes occur, for example, along convergent margins, where plates are

• moving apart.

• sliding past each other.

• colliding.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?

• Above the crust.

• Between the crust and the lithosphere.

• Between the crust and the core.

• Beneath the core.

Which of the following plate interactions is most likely to form a mountain range?

• A transform boundary between ocean plates.

• A transform boundary between continental plates.

• A convergent boundary between continental plates.

• A subduction zone between a continental plate and an ocean plate.

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The boundary at which crust is continually added is a

• subduction zone.

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

Subduction is when

• earthquakes occur along a transform boundary.

• new crust is formed.

• one plate slides under another.

• new islands are formed.

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The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a

• convergent boundary where new crust is formed.

• transform boundary where crust is subducted.

• divergent boundary where seafloor spreading takes place.

• divergent boundary where subduction takes place.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you

• where the edges of the continents are.

• where the Earth is the hottest.

• nothing; it is random.

• where the plate boundaries are.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of plate boundary does not cause volcanoes?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates move.

• The mantle increases in size.

• Pressure in the crust increases.

• Pressure in the crust decreases.

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