Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

The three types of tectonic plate boundaries are:

• Normal, reverse, and strike slip

• Active, passive, and extinct

• Divergent, convergent, and transform

• Seismic, volcanic, and subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following are characteristics of continental crust?

• Thick, less dense

• Thin, less dense

• Thick, more dense

• Thin, more dense

Which of the following choices most likely would happen when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?

• A volcano is formed.

• A landslide is formed.

• A tsunami is formed.

• An island arc happens.

Which of the following are characteristics of oceanic crust?

• Thin, less dense

• Thin, more dense

• Thick, less dense

• Thick, more dense

What would happen if two oceanic plates converge (come together)?

• The two oceanic plates will slide past each other.

• The older oceanic plate will subduct underneath the newer oceanic plate.

• The newer oceanic plate will subduct underneath the older oceanic plate.

• The two oceanic plates will collide and create a mountain.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What plate boundary creates earthquakes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What can happen when two continental plates collide?

• Formation of a subduction zone

• Formation of a divergent boundary

• Formation of a mid-ocean ridge

• Formation of mountains

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What happens when a continental plate and oceanic plate collide at a convergent plate boundary?

• Non-volcanic mountain ridges form

• The continental plate subducts under the oceanic plate forming volcanoes

• They collide because they have the same density

• The oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate forming volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is created in the ocean when two plates diverge?

• Volcano

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Mountain

• Canyon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What boundary does seafloor spreading occur at?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Oceanic volcanoes