Science Plate Tectonics Quiz Grade 8

Picture of the Himalayas Mountains under the Convergent Boundary that has folded mountains as a crustal feature describes?

• Continent - Continent

  --> <--

• Continent - Ocean

  --> <--

• Ocean - Ocean

  --> <--

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Picture of Andes with volcanic mountain ranges as crustal features under Convergent Boundary describes?

• Continent - Continent

  --> <--

• Continent - Ocean

  --> <--

• Ocean - Ocean

  --> <--

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Picture of Aleutian Islands with Volcanic Island Arc as crustal features under Convergent Boundary describes?

• Continent - Continent

  --> <--

• Continent - Ocean

  --> <--

• Ocean - Ocean

  --> <--

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Picture of the East African Rift Valley shows rift valley as crustal features under Divergent Boundary describes?

• Continent - Continent

  <-- -->

• Ocean - Ocean

  <-- -->

• Transformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Picture of Mid-Atlantic Ridge with Mid-Ocean Ridges as crustal features under Divergent Boundary describes?

• Continent - Continent

  <-- -->

• Ocean - Ocean

  <-- -->

• Transformation

Picture of San Andres Fault with earthquake waves/fault under Transform Boundary describes?

• Any type of plate combination

• only one type of plate combination

• no type of plat combination

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A ___ boundary occurs where 2 plates are pushing toward each other like --> <--

Examples of convergent boundaries include:

• 1. the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate at the Himalayas

• 2. the boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate along the west coast of South America

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• None

A ___ boundary marks 2 plates that are moving apart from each other like <-- -->

Examples of divergent boundaries include:

• 1. the boundary between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate in the Red Sea

  2. 2. the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic Plates

• 3. the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, made up of the boundary between the North American and Eurasian Plates in the North Atlantic, crossing Iceland, and the South American and the African Plates in the South Atlantic

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• None

A ___ boundary occurs where 2 plates slide past each other.

Examples of transform boundaries include:

• 1. the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate, crossing New Zealand

• 2. the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate in California

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• None

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What major continents made up Pangaea - the Supercontinent on the continental drift theory from Alfred Wegener?

• South America

• Africa

• India

• Antarctica

• Australia

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