Plate Tectonics Test sp 24

Intrusive igneous rocks form ____.

• when a molten mass of rocks cools quickly

• on the surface of the Earth

• when lava cools forming rocks with fine crystals

• when magma underground cools forming rocks with large crystals

Which of the following has the potential for the most erosion?

• wind blowing materials down a slope

• water flowing down a steep slope

• wind blowing materials in the air, against the force of gravity

• water flowing across flat land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where would pressure on rock be greatest?

• near the surface

• deep underground

• near contact metamorphism

• when it is blasted from a volcano

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing lithosphere?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• transitional boundary

• convergent boundary

A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a ____.

• volcanic island arc

• subduction zone

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep sea trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is an example of a transform boundary? This one is found in California.

• the East African Rift valley

• the Andes Mountains

• the San Andreas Fault

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What type of plate boundary is illustrated in the image?

• transform fault boundary

• hot spot

• divergent boundary

• subduction zone convergence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What feature is labeled A in this picture?

• continental volcanic arc

• volcanic island arc

• ocean ridge

• trench

What is one thing that causes the crust labeled B in this picture to dive under the continental crust?

• the weight of the ocean water on the oceanic crust

• the depth of the oceanic crust

• the higher density of the oceanic crust

• the reduction of friction on the oceanic crust

The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• transform fault boundary

• convergent continental-continental boundary

• convergent oceanic-continental boundary

• divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3