Plate Motion Quiz Review

What type of plate movement creates mountains?

• moving apart (Divergent)

• moving together (Convergent)

• sliding past (Transform)

• all plate movement

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What type of plate movement creates volcanoes?

• moving apart (divergent)

• moving together (Convergent)

• sliding past (Transform)

• all plate movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate movement causes earthquakes?

• moving apart (Divergent)

• moving together (Convergent)

• sliding past (Transform)

• all plate movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What type of plate movement creates rift valleys on land and underwater?

• moving apart (Divergent)

• moving together (Convergent)

• sliding past (Transform)

• all plate movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Mid-Atlantic ridge is caused by tectonic plates -

• moving apart (Divergent)

• moving together (Convergent)

• sliding past (Transform)

• all plate movement

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The place where two plates meet is called a -

• tectonic plate

• plate movement

• plate boundary

• meeting place

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The landform in the image is caused by -

• plates moving past each other

• plates moving away from each other

• plates not moving at all

• plates moving toward each other

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The mantle is able to flow because of -

• the lithosphere

• convection currents

• density

• all of the answers

The landforms created by the movement shown in the image are -

• earthquakes and fault lines

• mountains, trenches, and volcanoes

• volcanoes, rift valleys, and seafloor spreading

• none of them

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The geologic features created by the movement shown in the image are -

• earthquakes and fault lines

• mountains, trenches, and volcanoes

• mid-ocean ridges, rift valley, and ocean basins

• none of them

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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