Plate Boundaries Quiz

Earth's outer crust is divided into several...

• sections

• plates

• categories

• boxes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This plate boundary slides past another.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

This plate boundary collides into another.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

This plate boundary moves away from another.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The San Andres Fault is an example of what plate boundary type?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Tranform

The Himalayan Mountains are an example of which plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Great Rift Valley in Africa is an example of what plate boundary type?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What occurs when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?

• folded mountains

• rift valleys

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is created when continental and continental crust collide?

• folded mountains

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is created at a divergent plate boundary?

• new seafloor

• new valleys

• new hotspots