Plate Tectonics Watch It Quiz

When did most geologists start believing in the idea of drifting continents?

• 1800s

• 1900s

• 1700s

• 2000s

What are the fragments of Earth's crust called?

• Continental landmasses

• Mantle rocks

• Ocean trenches

• Tectonic plates

How do tectonic plates move according to the simplified explanation?

• By wind currents

• By ocean currents

• By mantle currents

• By volcanic eruptions

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What is the speed at which the Nazca plate is moving eastward?

• 15cm per year

• 20cm per year

• 10cm per year

• 5cm per year

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What happens when an ocean plate collides with another ocean plate or a plate bearing continental landmasses?

• They create a new island

• They merge together

• The thicker plate bends and slides under the other

• They bounce off each other

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What happens when the sunken slabs of ocean crust get too heavy?

• They float to the surface

• They break off and plunge slowly toward the core

• They create new islands

• They turn into mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the continents compared to in the context of plate tectonics?

• Mantle rocks

• Suitcases at the baggage claim

• Part of the conveyor belt

• Luggage

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_____________ is when two plates move toward each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Allegiant boundary
• Transform boundary
• Sliding boundary

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A _____________ is when two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

• emergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• convergent boundary

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Insurgent boundary

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