Plate Tectonics Test Review

The earth's plates, rigid slabs of rock, "float" on the ___ .

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mantle

• granitic rock

The earth's outer layer is divided into slabs of rock called _________ _________ .

• continental plates

• crustal plates

• trench plates

• tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the following plate boundaries with the correct image.

• convergent

• 
• transform

• 
• divergent

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At which landform is new crust formed?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge (Divergent)

• Mountains (Convergent)

• Rift Valley

  (Divergent)

• Trench

  (Convergent)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the term when two plates move towards one another and one sinks?

• Rifting

• Trenching

• Collision

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a

b

c

d

divergent boundary

Mid-ocean Ridge

convergent boundary

Volcanic Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The majority of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the _ .

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

• Percia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When two continental plates collide we get ________.

• Volcanic Mountains

• Volcanic Islands

• Trenches

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which natural disaster takes place at transform boundaries?

• Avalanches

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2