Plate Tectonics STAAR Review Comprehension Quiz

What forms when oceanic plates move apart from each other (diverge)?

• New crust/seafloor is formed at places called mid-ocean ridges

• Volcanoes form on the land along edges of plate boundaries

• Mountains form because of the uplift of material

• Faults, like San Andreas, form

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A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two oceanic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

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How do plates move at CONVERGENT boundaries?

• Collide (together)

• Move apart

• Slide past each other

Choose all the features that can be formed at CONVERGENT boundaries.

• Volcanoes/Mountains

• Faults

• Trenches

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

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Choose all the features that can be formed at DIVERGENT boundaries.

• Volcanoes/Mountains

• Faults

• Trenches

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

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How do plates move at TRANSFORM boundaries?

• Collide (together)

• Move apart

• Slide past each other

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Choose all the features that can be formed at TRANSFORM boundaries.

• Volcanoes/Mountains

• Faults

• Trenches

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

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If you lived near a Transform Boundary, what even would you experience?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Finding fossils

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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