Plate Tectonics

What is the name of plate #7?

• African Plate

• Pacific Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

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What is the name of plate #8?

• African Plate

• Pacific Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

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What is the name of plate #1?

• African Plate

• Pacific Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

Which of the following properties is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

• Temperature of oceanic crust

• Thickness of Earth’s layers

• Density of continental crust

• Convection currents in the mantle

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When the edges of tectonic plates shift and energy is released, what is the most likely result?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountain formation

• Island formation

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Which statement best describes the movement of Earth’s plates?

• The plates are constantly moving.

• The plates stayed in one place for millions of years but are moving now.

• There is no evidence that plates ever moved.

• The plates moved for millions of years but have now stopped.

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?

• On continental plates

• On ocean plates

• Underwater

• Along plate boundaries

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The Rockies and the Appalachians are two major mountain ranges in the United States. Which type of plate movement caused these mountain ranges to form?

• Divergent

• Oceanic

• Convergent

• Transform

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One of the major boundaries in the world is on the North American Plate along the San Andreas fault system in California. Which type of geologic event is most likely to occur along this boundary?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Earthquake

• Ocean Basin

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Pacific Ocean basin is the oldest, largest, and deepest of the existing ocean basins in the world. Its area is about 59 million square miles and all of the continents could fit into it. At this location, plates are moving apart from one another. Ocean basins form at which type of plate boundary?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

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