Plate Tectonics Quiz

What do tectonic plate movements cause?

• Rainfall

• Earthquakes and volcanoes

• Ocean currents

• Mountain formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the asthenosphere?

• The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere

• The soft upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere

• The layer of Earth's crust where tectonic plates are located

• The innermost core of the Earth

Which property allows the asthenosphere to flow like dough or putty?

• Rigidity

• Elasticity

• Plasticity

• Viscosity

What are the three categories of tectonic plate boundaries?

• Convergent, Divergent, Transform

• Convergent, Divergent, Subductive

• Convergent, Colliding, Sliding

• Convergent, Expanding, Transforming

At convergent plate boundaries, tectonic plates move in which direction relative to each other?

• Away from each other

• Toward each other

• In parallel to each other

• In a circular motion around each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is not one of Earth's major tectonic plates?

• Antarctic plate

• Eurasian plate

• Indo-Australian plate

• Titan plate

What geological feature is created when plates of continental crust collide?

• Subduction zones

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Mountain chains

• Rift valleys

What is a subduction zone?

• A divergent boundary where plates move away from each other

• A transform boundary where plates slide horizontally past each other

• A convergent boundary where the denser plate is pushed beneath the other

• A rift zone where continents are pulled apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which plate was subducted beneath the North American plate at the subduction zone mentioned in the text?

• Eurasian plate

• Indo-Australian plate

• Juan de Fuca plate

• Pacific Plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is formed at divergent plate boundaries?

• Mountain chains

• New oceanic crust

• Deep ocean trenches

• Volcanic eruptions