Plate Tectonics Quiz
Authored by Sean O'brien
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At point A, the East Pacific Ridge is the boundary between which plates?
A. Cocos Plate and the North American Plate
B. Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate
C. Pacific Plate and the South American Plate
D. South American Plate and the Nazca Plate
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the diagram, the deep trench along the west coast of South America is caused by movement of the oceanic crust that is
A. sinking beneath the continental crust
B. colliding with the atlantic ocean crust
C. uplifting over the continental crust
D. sinking at the mid-atlantic ridge
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mid-ocean ridges (rifts) normally form where tectonic plates are
A. stationary
B. sliding past each other
C. converging
D. diverging
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Along the line from position A to position B, the comparative age of the rock
A. continuously decreases from A to B
B. continuously increases from A to B
C. increases from A to the mid-Atlantic ridge and then decreases to B
D. decreases from A to the mid-Atlantic ridge and then increases to B
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ocean floor rock found 20 kilometers west of the ocean ridge would have an approximate age of
A. 1.6 million years
B. 15 million years
C. 2.0 million years
D. 30 million years
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are two characteristics of ocean floor rock found at location C?
A. reverse polarity, continental composition
B. normal polarity, oceanic composition
C. reverse polarity, oceanic composition
D. normal polarity, continental composition
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The occurrence of high-heat flows at the ridge center provides evidence of the
A. destruction of the continental crust
B. destruction of the oceanic crust
C. existence of rising mantle convection currents
D. existence of ancestral mountains
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-3
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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